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GRI, Australia Partner on Corporate Disclosure in Asia
September 02, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has announced a new program on which it is partnering with the Government of Australia in which it will push companies to pursue GRI standards in reporting on their implementation of the UN sustainability agenda in the region of Southeast Asia.
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Sweden Adopts BHR Action Plan
September 01, 2015
In the latest advancement of the UN's agenda on business and human rights ("BHR"), the Swedish Government has issued a "national action plan" describing how it plans to implement the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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Professor Pushes Human-Rights Case for Climate Change Action
September 01, 2015
Professor Peter McKenna of the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada has called for activists to ramp up their use of "human rights" arguments to push the case for countering climate change and to seek to legally constrain government action regarding the issue.
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Article Explains Competing BHR Reporting Frameworks
September 01, 2015
In a recent article, attorneys from the law firm Littler Mendelson describe two leading frameworks for corporate reporting on business and human rights ("BHR") issues and explain how companies can face difficulties navigating the competing standards of these frameworks, which go beyond the UN-endorsed Guiding Principles on BHR.
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UN Issues Business-Cooperation Guidelines
August 31, 2015
The UN has issued revised guidelines requiring transparency from businesses in their partnerships with UN entities, to be furthered primarily by the international organization's Global Compact.
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