Business & Human Rights

EU Commission Releases BHR Reporting Guidelines

July 12, 2017

Paul Davies and Michael Green of Latham & Watkins analyze European Commission guidelines proposing best practices for companies reporting their non-financial information, including their contributions to the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda, as required by EU law, and suggesting areas for further reporting, such as on "board diversity," that goes beyond EU requirements.
NGO Produces Global "Case Map" on BHR Impacts

July 11, 2017

As part of activist pressure on multinational companies to perform extensive "due diligence" to address their human rights and environmental impacts, a new "Legal Case Map" supported by the Business & Human Rights (BHR) Resource Centre surveys cases in which companies have faced negative impacts related to forced labor in their operations or supply chains.
Dutch Bill Pushes Companies on Global Labor Standards

July 10, 2017

As part of the global movement toward requiring corporations to contribute to the realization of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda, a paper by activist group MVO Platform describes a bill that has passed the Dutch Parliament's lower house requiring companies to issue a statement confirming their performance of "due diligence" in reducing child labor in their supply chains.
UN Agents: Sustainability Depends on BHR Action

July 05, 2017

At the annual OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, members of the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) called on companies to "embed" the global BHR agenda throughout their operations and "value chains" as part of their contributions to the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
UNICEF Publishes Global Guide on Child Rights and Mining

June 29, 2017

As part of its efforts to elaborate on the Children's Rights and Business Principles, a global guide for companies on how to implement international human rights guarantees for children in their operations, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has published a guide specifically focusing on how mining companies must perform "impact assessments" to address their children's rights impacts.