Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human …
WEBThe UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.. They were proposed and drafted by UN Special Representative on business and human rights John Ruggie during his 2005-2011 mandate, and endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2011.
KnowTheChain - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBKnowTheChain is a resource for companies and investors to understand and address forced labour risks within their supply chains. KnowTheChain publicly assesses companies across three high-risk sectors: Apparel & Footwear, Food & Beverage and Information Communications and Technology, on how they are addressing forced …
UNGPs Guidance & Implementation - Business & Human Rights …
WEBUNGPs Guidance & Implementation. This section features guidance on how companies and governments should implement the UN Guiding Principles. Under the UNGPs, companies should: express their commitment to respect human rights through a policy statement; conduct human rights due diligence; and remediate negative impacts …
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBShared prosperity models & Indigenous Peoples' leadership for a just transition. News and resources from Indigenous Peoples Rights International and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre exploring the significant opportunity of Indigenous co-ownership of renewable energy projects, for an energy transition that is fast, just and equitable.
Corporate Criminal Liability – Key Resources
WEB5 days ago · Under certain circumstances, a corporation can be held criminally liable for the illegal acts of its directors, employees or other individuals acting on its behalf. Efforts to hold corporations accountable under criminal law for illegal acts that result in human rights harm (corporate criminal liability) have gained traction since the United ...
Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment
WEB4 days ago · As set out in the UN Guiding Principles, human rights due diligence is a process for identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for human rights impacts.This includes both actual impacts occurring in the present and potential impacts that could occur in the future. Human rights due diligence is not an end in itself, but a means to an end, which is respecting human rights and ...
Nike is facing a new wave of anti-sweatshop protests
WEBAug 1, 2017 · On July 29, students and activists around the world participated in a day of protest against Nike, organized by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The demonstrations, in cities such as Boston, Washington D.C., Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras, represented an escalation of allegations against …
Briefing analyses what mHREDD means for companies and how EU ...
WEBJul 20, 2021 · "Sustainability due diligence - what it means for companies and how EU sustainability standards can help", 20 July 2021. Human rights and environmental impacts in European companies’ global value chains present a major business risk as well as a challenge to fair competition.
Lawsuit targets Wal-Mart overseas working conditions
WEBA lawsuit [filed in California] accuses Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of failing to monitor labor conditions at overseas factories that allegedly maintained sweatshop conditions...The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two classes of plaintiffs. The first includes factory workers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland and Nicaragua that made garments ...
Norway: Law on mandatory due diligence & right to information …
WEBJun 15, 2021 · Norway: Govt.-appointed committee proposes human rights transparency and due diligence regulation Date: 3 Dec 2019 Content Type: Article. The Ethics Information Committee submitted a report to the Norwegian Government recommending an Act to regulate the right to know, enterprises' supply chain transparency, and …
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