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Report Seeks Greater EU Engagement on BHR Issues
August 14, 2015
The research initiative FRAME has published a report calling on the EU to ramp up its engagement with businesses, financial institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in order to implement the international business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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NGOs Call for USAID Implementation of BHR Agenda
August 12, 2015
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") has called on the US State Department to include in its National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct provisions outlining the role of the US Agency for International Development ("USAID") in advancing the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in its projects around the world.
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India Plans Social, Environmental Finance Industry
August 12, 2015
The Government of India has announced plans to create a venture-capital industry that would fund social and environmental projects that seek to advance the UN's sustainable development agenda.
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GRI Develops Corporate Reporting on SDGs
August 12, 2015
In a press release extolling the link between corporate reporting on environmental and social issues and the UN's "sustainability" agenda, the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") announced that it was working with a business organization and a UN agency to create a framework to guide corporate reporting on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs").
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L'Oréal USA Joins Climate Change Coalition
August 12, 2015
Beauty products company L'Oréal USA has announced that it will join the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy ("BICEP") group, a coalition of 35 businesses seeking to advance the international climate change agenda and US President Barack Obama's climate plan, as pressure from the UN and activists for corporate action rises.
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