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ILO Pushes Partnerships on Labor Issues in Retail Industry
September 17, 2014
As part of the UN's initiatives pushing internationally developed labor standards, the UN's International Labour Organization ("ILO") has announced a partnership with retailer H&M to promote such standards, as well as the development of "employers' and workers' organizations" in the garment industry.
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UN Website Presses Businesses on Women's "Empowerment"
September 17, 2014
UN Women has launched a "business hub for gender equality" that uses company "success stories" in empowering women to push for companies around the world to go beyond legal requirements in promoting "gender-responsive" practices.
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WEF Pushes Businesses to Fight Climate Change
September 17, 2014
At a meeting organized by the World Economic Forum ("WEF") in China, government participants called on businesses, in the absence of any new legally binding international climate agreements, to fight climate change and fulfill the goal of achieving "common prosperity."
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UN Hosts "Sustainability" Meeting with Industry Associations
September 17, 2014
The UN Global Compact recently hosted a meeting with global industry and trade associations on spreading the internationally developed agenda on "corporate sustainability," calling on these groups to pressure their members to accept and implement these principles.
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NGOs Claim Legal Duty to Regulate BHR Abroad
September 17, 2014
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have published a report asserting that governments have an obligation under international law to prevent violations of business and human rights ("BHR") principles that occur on foreign soil.
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