UN calls on BP to restate CSR pledge

James S Murray
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BP currently remains a member of United Nations Global Compact, requiring it to take a precautionary approach to environmental risk

The office of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has called on BP to step up its "lagging" commitment to the initiative in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil giant is signed...

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