The Softly Spark

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing. “A marketer’s advertisement features a picture of a laser printer in a bird’s nest balancing on a tree branch, surrounded by a dense forest.

IT 52

IT Balance Ethics Import 52

Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In the 2012 SADC Model BIT , the Drafting Committee of SADC advised its member states to replace the FET standard in their BITs with the fair administrative treatment adopted by South Africa. But an agreement regarding investor-state dispute settlement, a topic also discussed in a previous post , is yet to be reached.

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Balance Negotiation Thresholds Ethics 52

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From February 2025, it will introduce a new system of procurement regulation that is meant, among other goals, to create flexibility and to allow for a different balancing of competing considerations in guiding procurement in the public interest. It is thus interesting to see how the PA23 has articulated its view of the public interest.

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Procurement Public Procurement Public Goods Accountability 52

The Softly Spark

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing. “A marketer’s advertisement features a picture of a laser printer in a bird’s nest balancing on a tree branch, surrounded by a dense forest.

IT 52

IT Sustainability Ethics Balance 52