UN names and shames firms ejected from Global Compact

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More than 600 companies expelled from UN's high-profile CSR initiative after failing to report on progress

Firms that sign up to industry-wide CSR initiatives only to fail to deliver on their commitments have been given a wake-up call after the UN named and shamed the 630 companies it has now kicked out of...

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