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Kenya Issues BHR Action Plan
August 01, 2019
The Kenyan government has published its National Action Plan on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR), with help in assessing the country’s current BHR protections from the nongovernmental organization Institute of Human Rights and Business.
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“Call to Action” Seeks SDG Cooperation Between EU, Industry
August 01, 2019
Nongovernmental organization CSR Europe is touting its role in a CEO "call to action" pushing the newly selected heads of EU institutions to work with European businesses to fulfill the comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Author Laments Corporate “Capture” of Certification Process
August 01, 2019
Author Samanth Subramanian warns that global companies that are exchanging what were once external certification schemes monitoring their global supply chains into in-house compliance mechanisms are moving toward “unfairer trade” and pushing farmers “back towards the exploited miseries of the past.”
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EC Seeks to Change Consumption Habits to Protect Forests
August 01, 2019
The European Commission (EC) has issued a communication announcing its plans to “reduce the footprint of EU consumption on land” and to promote the “consumption of products from deforestation-free supply chains” to protect forests across the globe.
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Lawyer Calls for ICC Jurisdiction over Corporate Crime
July 31, 2019
Business and human rights lawyer Marie Davoise calls for governments to expand the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to include corporate criminal liability with the ultimate aim of encouraging national courts to assert jurisdiction over categories of international corporate crimes.
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