Results for Human Rights
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October 19, 2017- ICCR launches Investor Alliance for Human Rights
- Investors urged to engage with Sustainable Development Goals
- Target commits to sourcing 100% renewable power
- Microsoft Seattle data centre to be powered by 'first of its kind' fuel cell technology
- Veolia to deliver major carbon savings for University of East Anglia
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October 17, 2017- Apple VP apologises for controversial “diversity of thought” comments
- US corporate performance falls short on supply chain due diligence for conflict materials
- Cobalt stand-off key to future of electric vehicles
- Indigenous rights 'serious obstacle' to Kinder Morgan pipeline, report says
- Australia to abandon clean energy target
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October 10, 2017- Report: Chemical companies must do more to meet Paris Agreement goals
- $100 million dollar fund launched to secure indigenous land rights
- Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
- Ben & Jerry’s to launch glyphosate-free ice-cream after tests find traces of weedkiller
- Smart Coca-Cola dispensers to help university students slash soft drinks packaging
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October 06, 2017- Major companies still failing to disclose slavery risks, say UK experts
- Bank behind fearless girl statue settles US gender pay dispute
- Sky to ban single-use plastics by 2020
- Mayor of London asks car manufacturers to give funds towards tackling London’s toxic air
- TransCanada halts controversial Energy East pipeline, sparking new east-west tensions
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September 20, 2017- Top retailers demanded to stop selling 'unsustainable tuna'
- Half of UK firms 'have not produced slavery reports'
- Velocys and British Airways sign waste-to-fuel deal
- Leading business speed energy transition at climate week NYC
- Proponents of sex trafficking bill urge tech companies to drop opposition
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September 07, 2017- Results announced for 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Review
- More than a third of UK businesses are failing to combat modern slavery, study shows
- Facebook uncovers Russia-funded misinformation campaign
- UK government urges business to publicly back Brexit stance
- Ikea offers month-long paternity leave to Singaporean employees
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September 04, 2017- Report: Outsourcing by tech firms contributing to income inequality
- John Lewis and Habitat withdraw granite worktops over slavery concerns
- Google critic ousted from think tank funded by the tech giant
- Wells Fargo finds an additional 1.4 million potentially fake accounts
- 'Floating Ponds' concept could see vertical fish farms in parks and on rooftops
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August 25, 2017- Global leaders commit to eradicating modern slavery
- Samsung heir found guilty of corruption and sentenced to five years in prison
- Global food firms join IBM blockchain project to improve traceability
- Report: UK's leadership role in the green economy hinges on an 'ambitious' Clean Growth Plan
- Australian firm unveils plan to convert carbon emissions into 'green' concrete
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August 24, 2017- Chile launches National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights
- Johnson & Johnson unit speaks out at planned death row drug use
- UK company sells lead to last place on Earth where leaded petrol is legal
- Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
- Borough Market to phase out plastic bottle sales with free fountains
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August 14, 2017- Ford, General Motors, Hormel, Marriott, Michael Kors step up to stop supply chain corruption
- UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights launch consultation on human rights defenders
- Commonwealth Bank's first climate policy attacked by environmental groups
- Palm Oil Free Certification programme launches in UK and Australia
- Digital trainings to boost textile industry's workers’ rights performance