UN Guiding Principles - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBUN Guiding Principles The 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.
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 …
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 …
Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment
WEB4 days ago · Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment. 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.
Annual impact report 2020/21 - Business & Human Rights …
WEBAt a glance: Our impact in 2020/21 Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is fair, objective and data-driven. Our work with allies focuses on the rights of: Workers in global supply chains; Communities seeking responsible natural resource use and a just transition; and People to accountable digital technologies.
Strategic Plan - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Strategic Plan Since our founding in 2002, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has played a constructive role at the heart of the global business and human rights movement. Current conditions in this and the next decade encourage us to continue working for the advancement of human rights in societies and seizing opportunities and prospects to create conditions of shared security and ...
Mandatory Due Diligence - Business & Human Rights Resource …
WEBMandatory Due Diligence The growing worldwide movement to legally require companies to undertake human rights and environmental due diligence.
France's Duty of Vigilance Law - Business & Human Rights …
WEBFrance's Duty of Vigilance Law. The 2017 French law on the corporate duty of vigilance places a due diligence duty on large French companies and requires them to publish an annual "vigilance plan." An unofficial English translation of the law is available here and a compilation of resources and analysis as well as an overview of legal actions ...
China: Report finds workers supplying Shein working long hours …
WEBNov 12, 2021 · The group hired independent Chinese researchers to track Shein’s manufacturing and packing process in China and Europe.
Nestle faces negative publicity as child labour case is set for …
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Nestlé is facing a barrage of negative publicity as a US labour rights group takes the consumer goods giant to court [in USA], along with two other food manufacturers [Archer Daniels Midland & Cargill], alleging that [forced] child labour is used in West African cocoa farms from which they buy cocoa...Francois-Xavier Perroud, corporate spokesman for Nestlé, said: "This lawsuit is without ...