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Article Calls for Additional Corporate Apparatus on BHR
October 17, 2014
An article by a staff member of the Institute of Policy Research and Advocacy calls for companies to advance the international business and human rights ("BHR") agenda by establishing an initiative specifically devoted to BHR issues, separate from those promoting corporate social responsibility.
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Activists Call for Global Governance of Corporate Reporting
October 17, 2014
Citing a study's findings that a low number of large corporations around the world report how they advance the "sustainability" agenda, some activists are calling for the development of consistent reporting standards in a global body to push businesses to publicize this information.
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U.K. Announces Corporate Reporting on Supply Chain Labor Rights
October 17, 2014
The British Government has announced the development of a bill that will require U.K. businesses to report on the steps they have taken to make their supply chains free of forced labor.
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Commentators Predict Expansion in Climate Change Litigation
October 17, 2014
Arguing that greenhouse gases released by a small number of businesses have caused most global warming effects, such as extreme flooding and droughts, two legal commentators write that businesses will become increasingly susceptible to international litigation based on climate change in the future.
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NGO Pushes Operations Standards for Oil and Gas Industry
October 17, 2014
The nongovernmental organization ("NGO") Equitable Origin is calling for comments on standards for businesses in the oil and gas industry, including "performance targets," seeking to bind these companies to its expectations on the human rights and environmental impacts of their operations.
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