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European Countries Adopt Elements of BHR Agenda
April 29, 2015
The Lawyers for Better Business blog catalogs the European countries that are responding to the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda of the UN and global activists by adopting measures requiring company leaders to consider social and environmental impacts in their decision-making processes.
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Bank Report Highlights Advance of Divestment Agenda
April 29, 2015
A report from the bank HSBC considering fossil fuels as risky, "stranded assets" that may lose their value as the UN's climate agenda moves forward demonstrates how climate activists' fossil fuel divestment agenda is pressuring the decisions of banks and financial companies around the world.
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NGO Spotlights Company Records on Fossil Fuel Finance
April 29, 2015
The nongovernmental organization Asset Owners Disclosure Project has identified and ranked finance companies around the world in light of what the Project views as their records on responding to climate change.
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BSR Outlines Strategy to Push Businesses on Climate Change
April 29, 2015
The nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility ("BSR") has released a report describing its strategy to push companies in its network and beyond to advance the UN's agenda on responding to climate change.
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NGO Sets out Investment Strategy on Climate Change
April 29, 2015
The nongovernmental organization The Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change has produced a guide for investors that pushes environmental activists' divestment campaign by advising financiers to review the effect of the UN's climate agenda on their portfolios and to reduce their "carbon exposure."