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GRI Predicts Real-time Corporate Sustainability Reporting
June 03, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative, which produces international standards for public corporate reporting, has called on businesses to be prepared in the coming decade for increased pressure to provide real-time, digital reporting on their efforts to implement global sustainability standards.
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UN Calls on Countries to Adopt "Climate Finance" Agenda
June 02, 2015
A new report from the UN Environment Programme pressures countries to adopt broad financial policies that divert investments from fossil fuel projects and resources and require public reporting by companies on climate issues in order to combat global warming.
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UNICEF UK Seeks Update to UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
June 01, 2015
UNICEF UK details three steps it believes the UK Government should take to further pressure businesses to respect human rights under the UK National Action Plan.
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Oxfam Calls for Corporate Global Warming Commitments
May 28, 2015
Oxfam has criticized companies for failing to take sufficient action at a recent UN Business and Climate Summit and has called for businesses to commit to the UN global warming agenda by, among other things, agreeing to "100% renewable electricity goals" and implementing climate adaptation strategies.
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Asian Exchanges Join UN Sustainability Initiative
May 27, 2015
Four East Asian stock exchanges recently joined the UN’s Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, which requires these exchanges to push businesses they list to report on their social and environmental impacts, bringing the total number of exchanges in the initiative to 23.