Results for Human Rights
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July 07, 2016- Vigeo Eiris publishes Emerging Market 70 Ranking
- Chilean capital wins International Sustainable Transport Award
- India's first human trafficking law: draft falls short, campaigners say
- India's $4 smartphone set to go on sale
- Global fish consumption per capita hits record high
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July 01, 2016- More than 100 Nobel’s blame Greenpeace for anti-GMO obstruction in developing world
- Obama quietly approved thousands of offshore fracking permits in Gulf of Mexico
- Most auditors in Asia find child labour in supply chains, survey finds
- Hershey rejects mega-bid to create the world’s biggest candy company
- Myanmar human rights group 'forced' to cancel launch of report on army torture
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June 14, 2016- Cargill and Bunge refuse to cut ties with palm oil trader
- $4.8 trillion investor coalition announces support for world’s first business & human rights benchmark
- Ineffective red tape hampering green bonds, WWF warns
- Singapore to form new body to fight money laundering
- FAO and ILO working together to stamp out child labour in agriculture
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June 13, 2016- Many commitments, little transparency in cutting deforestation from corporate supply chains
- Call for urgent changes in oil and gas industry
- Santiago's subway will soon be the first to run on mostly solar and wind power
- Traffickers exploiting young refugees in French camps, says Unicef
- Arctic melting feeds on itself
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June 07, 2016- Abolish tax havens, say finance chiefs
- GRI reveals next tranche of modular sustainability standards
- John Oliver buys and forgives $15m worth of medical debt
- Nearly 60% of Qatar population live in 'labour camps'
- Ignoring scientists, Poland begins logging famous primeval forest
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June 06, 2016- Chiquita executives must face claims over Colombian torture
- Companies ignoring climate deal could face increased bankruptcy risk, economists warn
- Norway becomes first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation
- Report: Illegal mining of Afghanistan’s “blue treasure” fuels Taliban
- IEA: There are now more than one million electric cars on the world’s roads
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June 01, 2016- France rules out Google tax deal, more firms could be targeted
- Human Rights Watch calls for legally binding rules for business
- Airbnb targeted by group alleging racism
- Make building standards top priority for tackling climate change, says IEA chief
- Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists warn
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April 29, 2016- 'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in India demand their rights
- Denmark says Danes are ‘ethically obligated’ to eat less beef
- Workers face 'epidemic of heat-related injuries' due to climate change
- For one group of women, the gender wage gap keeps getting worse
- Great Barrier Reef bleaching made 175 times likelier by human-caused climate change, say scientists
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April 15, 2016- Ruggie Report: FIFA must protect human rights or move world cup from Qatar
- Mars Food launches global Health and Wellbeing Ambition; will label “everyday” and “occasional” foods
- Shareholders revolt against boardroom excessive pay packages
- GreatFire activist urges western firms to help end Chinese censorship
- World's biggest wealth fund excludes 52 coal-related groups