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UN Working Group Pushes G7 on Supply Chain Pledge
June 17, 2015
The UN Working Group for business and human rights ("BHR") issues has called upon the G7 group of countries to follow up on its support for the UN Guiding Principles on BHR by holding companies to account for and require them to report on human rights and environmental issues in their supply chains.
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UN Initiative Focuses on Corporate "Rule of Law" Practices
June 17, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an article praising a new UN initiative called "Business for the Rule of Law" that will seek to pressure businesses to include in their operations standard practices promoting the broad concept of the rule of law.
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NCP Seeks Impact Assessments of Company's Security Contracts
June 12, 2015
The UK National Contact Point ("NCP") for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has published an opinion calling for the company G4S to assess the human rights effects of contracts under which it provides security services in Israel.
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IKEA, UN Agency Push for Supply Chain Scrutiny
June 12, 2015
In a long-term plan under which companies would be pressured to accept responsibility for the "sustainability" of their forest supply chains, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and furniture retailer IKEA have announced an initiative in which they will explore funding for forest "certification" schemes.
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NGO Pushes Business Contributions to Climate Fund
June 11, 2015
An analysis from the nongovernmental organization World Resources Institute seeks an expanded contribution from businesses to a global climate fund that would finance the reduction of greenhouse emissions and build climate-resistant infrastructure in developing countries.
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