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BRICS Explores Establishment of Credit-Rating Agency
October 24, 2016
Complaining of low sovereign credit scores by US-based rating agencies, officials from the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - have pledged to explore the establishment of a BRICS credit-rating agency, built "on the principles of fairness and equity," to advance the group's efforts in the global governance of finance.
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French Companies Sign Global Disability Charter
October 24, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has announced that two major French companies, Engie and Société Générale, have joined its Global Business & Disability Network by pledging to adhere to a set of global principles on equal treatment of and preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities.
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NGO Seeks More Business Action on "Sustainability"
October 24, 2016
Pointing to data provided by its global business network in its 2016 State of Sustainable Business, the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility has called for companies to step up their efforts in fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to broaden their work in reducing "sustainability" risks in their supply chains.
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Governments Tighten Global Controls on Greenhouse Gases
October 20, 2016
Government officials meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, have agreed to amend the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to tighten restrictions on hydrofluorocarbons, greenhouse gas emissions produced by chemicals in air conditioners and refrigerators, with "developed" countries responsible for much of the early reduction.
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Schaefer: UNESCO Rewrites Israel's History
October 20, 2016
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that the US should suspend its cooperation with the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in response to a recently adopted UNESCO resolution referring to Israel as an "occupying power" and ignoring historical Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
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