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Entering a new era of human rights transparency | |
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2018-04-12 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
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Published: Thu, Apr 12, 2018
Type: Insight
Geneva, 12 April 2018: The business and human rights landscape has evolved rapidly since the launch of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011 and continues to do so. Among other things, this landscape is now characterized by both mounting pressure on the private sector to embrace transparency around its human rights challenges and increasingly dedicated efforts on the part of business to respect human rights and to engage in full and frank disclosure. A key driver of these trends is the transition from the soft law of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) into harder national and regional regulatory requirements. A clear case in point is the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015, which now requires all large companies doing business in the UK to publish annual declarations on how they are working to eradicate slavery from their operations and supply chains. As of April 2018, this has resulted in over 5,000 companies from nearly 30 different sectors issuing official modern slavery statements. Similarly, the EU’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive is now starting to impose human rights disclosure requirements, on some 6,000 companies. France’s “duty of vigilance” law, passed in 2017, goes a step further in that it mandates that large French companies develop, enact and publicly disclose due diligence measures to identify and prevent environmental and human rights violations within their own operations and among their suppliers. This trend shows no signs of abating, with the Australian government seeming likely to establish its own modern slavery reporting requirements following an extensive consultation conducted throughout 2017. Dutch legislation compelling companies to review their operations and supply chains for the presence of child labor is also at an advanced stage. Meanwhile, an international legally binding treaty on business and human rights continues to gather momentum as discussions at the United Nations move into a fourth year. Click on this link to access the WBCSD analysis of the business and human rights landscape Business is rising to the challenge, but there is significant scope for progress Despite these encouraging signs, significant scope for progress remains; only 38% of reports outline clear processes to integrate and act upon the findings of human rights assessments, while just 13% commit to tracking the effectiveness of their responses. Similarly, the percentage of reports divulging specific details of adverse human rights impacts identified or grievances raised also remains low. Connecting companies with the dynamic human rights landscape The challenge ahead is to turn increasing levels of awareness and intention into concrete action.
Human rights as a significant contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Through its Human Rights project, WBCSD is working to inspire and support business action to address human rights issues with a view to mainstreaming corporate respect for human rights throughout the value chain and scaling up the business contribution to achieving the SDGs. More information
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来源平台 | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/105434 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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