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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)
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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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Author: RTL (Belgique)
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