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Working Group Chair Expands Mandate on BHR Principles
September 10, 2014
At a conference in London, the Chairman of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") said he and other members interpreted their mandate from the UN Human Rights Council in "imaginative ways" to push governments and businesses to provide access to remedies for alleged BHR violations.
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NGO Derides "Voluntary" Mechanisms to Promote BHR Principles
September 10, 2014
The director of the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") CORE argues that the U.K. must replace its voluntary standards implementing international business and human rights ("BHR") principles with binding laws to prevent British businesses from violating these principles in other countries.
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UN's Online Child Safety Standards Include "Digital Citizenship" Education
September 10, 2014
In guidelines seeking to standardize how internet companies around the world protect "children's needs in the online world," a group of UN agencies included standards on "how to enable responsible digital citizenship, learning and civic participation."
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Under Pressure, Yale Considers Divestment in Fossil Fuels
September 10, 2014
As pressure from nongovernmental organizations and international organizations ramps up, The New York Times reports that Yale University has asked the managers of its investments to consider the risks of continuing to fund projects and companies that allegedly contribute to climate change.
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Thomson Reuters Measures Corporate ESG Observance
September 10, 2014
Thomson Reuters has established a set of indices that will measure how companies implement policies related to international "environmental, social, and governance" principles, thus seeking to shame companies that have not made sufficient progress on these standards.
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