The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have emerged as the global standard for companies’ management of their human rights impacts. Under the Guiding Principles, companies are expected to “know and show” that they do not infringe on human rights through their operations or business relationships. Human rights impact assessments represent a key first step in meeting this expectation. This report shares BSR’s eight guidelines for conducting effective HRIAs, as well as a step-by-step guidance on the four levels of HRIAs: corporate, country, site, and product.
The year 2021 marked another discouraging year in terms of remedy for complaints by communities and civil society under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (Guidelines). Only 2 of the 22 cases concluded in 2021 by National Contact Poin...Read More
The Shiva Foundation proposes that business, government, and civil society organizations look beyond modern slavery when trying to assess the prevalence of labour exploitation in the UK. They suggest a few metrics that might help track labour exploi...Read More
Until December 2000, the term “trafficking in persons” was not defined in international law, despite its incorporation in several international legal instruments. The long-standing failure to develop an agreed-upon definition of trafficking in p...Read More
Leading companies recognize that their global supply chains can be a key asset or a major risk, both in terms of the business value that they represent and their potential impacts on society and the environment. Companies want to gain visibility int...Read More
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