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Tag Archives: due diligence
Human Rights: A Moral and Material Business Concern
The TakeAway: Several sustainability milestones were reached in June, but the greatest of these was the UN Human Rights Council endorsement of the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, which established human rights as both a moral and material … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Allen White, BASESwiki, Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRCC), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Carbones del Cerrejón, Caroline Rees, Center for Transnational Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, due diligence, Elizabeth Umlas, Esquel Garments Group, Faris Natour, Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Harvard Kennedy School, human rights, Jean Rogers, John Ruggie, MacBride Principles, Northern Ireland, Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation, Sarah Altschuller, South Africa, Steve Lydenberg, Sullivan Principles, Tellus Institute, Tesco, UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
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Extractives: Dirty Industries, Clean Standards
The TakeAway: New SEC proposals require ethical health, safety, and human rights due diligence by companies engaged in the extractive industries. Extractive industries are by definition a dirty business, but recent legislation and regulatory moves aim to clean them up … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged As You Sow Foundation, Boston Common Asset Management, Conflict Minerals, Costco, Defend, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dodd-Frank, Domini Social Investments, due diligence, Extratives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), human rights, Institute for Human Rights in Business (IHRB), John Ruggie, Lowes, Massey Energy, mine safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OECD), Protect, Remedy, Respect, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Investment Forum, Target, Trillium Asset Management, Wal-Mart, XBRL
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Human Rights Due Diligence
The TakeAway: Integrating Human Rights Due Diligence into Risk Management May Help Prevent Future Oil Spills and Market Meltdowns We consider the collapse of the global banking system in 2008 as a financial debacle, and the collapse of the Deepwater … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy
Tagged due diligence, Enterprise Risk Management, Harvard Law School Forum, human rights, Human Rights Impact Assessment, John Ruggie, John Sherman, Oxfam, Poverty Footprint, Protect, Remedy Framework, Respect, SRSG
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