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New York, NY, United States of America World’s largest corporate sustainability initiative calls on companies to provide a living wage to ensure all workers, families and communities can live in dignity UNITED NATIONS, New York, 9 June 2021 — Today the United Nations Global Compact launched a new digital report, Improving Wages to Advance Decent Work in Supply Chains, aimed at encouraging companies to promote and provide a living wage as an essential aspect of decent work to ensure workers, their families and communities can live in dignity.  The report finds that although it has long be...

Green hydrogen – and how the water sector can engage with this ‘green, clean fuel source’ – was the focus of the latest Water...

The program begins in June and will convene representatives from 14 U.S. cities., according to a release. Hassett (pictured) is among 10 government, business, academic, clergy and nonprofit leaders from Middle Tennessee to be chosen, including the following: • Andrea Blackman, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County • Ashlee Davis, Senior Manager — Diversity and Inclusion, AllianceBernstein • Bonnie Dow, Dean of Academic Initiatives, College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University • Mike Molinar, Gen...

UN Global Compact launches Climate Ambition Accelerator to help more companies set science-based emissions reduction targets New learning programme aims to mainstream science-based targets so more companies can deliver ambitious climate action for a net-zero future April 21, 2021 20:00 ET | Source: United Nations Global Compact United Nations Global Compact New York, New York, UNITED STATES New York, NY, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNITED NATIONS, New York, April 22 2021 — With 500 companies already committed to the Business ...

Around the world, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are tackling wildlife crime including through working for, or establishing their own, community ranger or patrol programmes. But how effective are community-based rangers at reducing illegal wildlife trade?