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EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Report examines role of trade unions
Author: Arbeit und Leben DGB/VHS
Starting from the fiscal year 2017, certain large undertakings within the EU will have to publish non-financial statements. These non-financial statements include employment and social matters and are thus expected to have an impact on labour r...
Civil society groups file OECD complaint against European banks for alleged role in human rights abuses during apartheid regime; incl. co responses
On 19 April 2018, Open Secrets in partnership with the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) announced their intention to file an OECD complaint against two European banks, KBC Group and KBL, for allegedly facilitating illegal arms transactions that...
Report assesses & compares human rights due diligence initiatives in 3 EU countries with Belgium’s agenda for sustainable supply chains
Author: Dr. Huib Huyse and Dr. Boris Verbrugge HIVA – KU Leuven
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Belgian firms to face prosecution over exporting chemicals allegedly used in attacks against civilians in Syria
Nordea's investment in Facebook on hold over Cambridge Analytica controversy
Author: Sasja Beslik, Ethical Corporation (UK)
" Why Nordea’s responsible investment funds have dropped Facebook" 23 Mar 2018. ...
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Author: Julien Balboni, L'Echo
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EU Fundamental Rights Agency finds civil society in all member states is facing increasing challenges
Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (EU)
"Challenges facing civil society organisations working on human rights in the EU", 19 Jan 2018...
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COP23: Global alliance to phase out coal recognises need for a "just transition"
Author: Michael Holder, businessGreen
The UK and Canada have joined with 24 other nations and regional states to launch a new global alliance aimed at phasing out coal-fired power and weaning the world off the most carbon intensive form of electricity generation. The new group was...
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Twenty countries join global alliance to phase out coal by 2030
Author: Nina Chestney & Stine Jacobsen, Reuters (UK)
Since signing the Paris Agreement in 2015 [...] several countries have made national plans to phase out coal... The Powering Past Coal alliance brings together many of these countries and others that will commit to phasing out coal [and] sharing...
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