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UNICEF Seeks Expansive Child Benefits Policies
July 26, 2019
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has published global recommendations pushing for businesses and governments to adopt “family-friendly policies” including at least six months of combined paid leave for parents and universal access to childcare and child benefits.
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UN-Supported Report Pushes for Transforming Agriculture
July 26, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has partnered with the World Resources Institute on a publication identifying a massive “greenhouse gas mitigation gap” in the global agriculture system that policymakers must close to “ensure there is adequate food for everyone without destroying the planet.”
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WEF Creates “Policy Library” on Low-Emissions Mobility
July 26, 2019
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published a Shared, Electric and Automated Mobility (SEAM) Governance Framework “policy library” explaining how city leaders across the globe should reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the use of higher occupancy and electric vehicles by their residents.
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Beverage Companies Plan Withdrawal from Plastics Association
July 26, 2019
Greenpeace USA is touting its role in successfully pressuring Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to end their memberships in the Plastics Industry Association, which the nongovernmental activist organization says engages in “secretive lobbying against plastic bans.”
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Companies Embrace Initiative on Setting Emissions Targets
July 26, 2019
28 companies have announced their adherence to the demands of the UN Global Compact’s Science Based Targets initiative, under which businesses set goals to limit their greenhouse gas emissions to help fulfill the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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