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Business and human rights | 10 tips
Corporate social responsibility and human rights guidelines have so far been based on soft law and have lacked legal enforceability. However, due to insufficient progress being made, countries such as England and France have introduced laws that require companies to...
Human rights risks
Beyond Compliance: Three Human Rights Risks Companies Overlook As companies navigate the complex landscape of human rights, they tend to focus on the most visible and well-known human rights risks, or on the ones the law requires them to focus on. However, there are...
Finally an agreement on the CSDDD
Finally an agreement on the CSDDD It's been an exciting few weeks. Every day seemed to bring a new developments. Will the Member States be able to reach a compromise on a new law that will make it a legal requirement to respect human rights? For 12 years I have been...
EU Conference on Business and Human Rights
Decision makers, politicians, business leaders, NGOs, trade unions, and researchers met in Amsterdam to discuss ways to advance the implementation of the Business and Human Rights agenda of the European Union. At the same time, it was also the celebration of five...
Five Global Companies join forces to fight migrant worker exploitation
9 May 2016 The Coca-Cola Company, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IKEA and Unilever today in London launched a new collaboration, the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, focused on promoting ethical recruitment and combating the exploitation of migrant...
FIFA and Human Rights
"For the Game, for the World" This report by Professor Ruggie lays out the relevant human rights context for FIFA, and presents 25 detailed recommendations for action.