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UN Pushes Companies to Adopt Food Standards
November 19, 2014
The UN Global Compact is seeking compliance from food companies around the world to a set of Food and Agricultural Principles it released earlier this year to promote "sustainable" agricultural practices.
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UN Partner Presses Business Engagement with "Stakeholders"
November 19, 2014
The UN Global Compact's German network has published a report calling for "meaningful" and structured business consultation with affected groups in company operations as part of the necessary implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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UN Partner Uses Assessment Tool to Advance BHR
November 19, 2014
The UN Global Compact's German network has published the results of its Organisational Capacity Assessment Instrument to monitor and pressure 57 companies to analyze whether their operations adhere to the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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Turkish Stock Exchange Launches Sustainability Initiative
November 19, 2014
The Turkish stock exchange Borsa Istanbul has established a "sustainability index" that will evaluate how companies perform in their operations regarding such issues as climate change and human rights.
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MEP Calls for Extraterritorial BHR Justice in EU
November 19, 2014
In a recent speech, European Parliament Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility Richard Howitt MEP has called for EU legislation expanding access to courts in Europe for human rights violations allegedly committed in other parts of the world.