The roundtable also highlighted new tools and approaches such as the guidance on corporate ecosystem valuation from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD), the biodiversity-responsible land management certification from the Green Development Initiative ( GDI), and the new guidance on ecosystems assessment from the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation association ( IPIECA).

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In the report, the authors also emphasised that further research on the effects of micro-turbines on wildlife was urgently required but said that needed to occur in parallel with the development of guidance on planning.

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Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, AMD, HP, and Microsoft have piloted internationally agreed-upon due diligence guidance on conflict minerals in line with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development due diligence model.

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For example, in March 2012, the Secretary of State issued Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality to Achieve our National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator released Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.

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