Business & Human Rights

New ILO Body to Explore Social Justice in Employment

August 24, 2017

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) has established the Global Commission on the Future of Work to “provide the analytical basis for the delivery of social justice in the 21st century” amidst rapid changes in the global economy and employment.
GRI Touts Findings on Corporate Reporting Framework

August 24, 2017

A press release from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) celebrates a finding of the consulting firm Governance and Accountability Institute that companies using GRI's global sustainability reporting guidelines provide better public disclosures of their social and environmental impacts than those that do not use GRI's framework.
NGO Paper Seeks G20 Corporate "Due Diligence" Push

August 24, 2017

Representatives of the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights call on the Group of 20 countries (G20) to push for national policies implementing "mandatory human rights due diligence and supply chain reporting" for companies and heightened due diligence mandates for companies operating in countries that do not recognize collective bargaining rights.
UN Paper: Companies Must Prevent "Product Misuse"

August 24, 2017

The UN Global Compact endorsed a "Good Practice Note" in May outlining a duty of corporations to prevent customers' "misuse" of their products to violate human rights as part of their responsibility to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
UN Agency Sets out Principles for BHR and Violent Crime

August 24, 2017

The UN Global Compact has released a "Good Practice Note" containing principles on how companies should perform proper "due diligence" in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) when operating in areas with high rates of violent crime, including provisions on how businesses should help alleviate violent crime in these regions.