The following Human Rights at Sea publication provides an extended introduction and commentary of  the  2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights...It demonstrates the increasing need for the  implementation of the UNGPs in the maritime environment for all maritime business enterprises as a matter of course; not as a matter of exception. It explain in plain-English how and why the UNGPs should apply throughout the maritime environment to all business enterprises and in all business operations throughout the maritime supply chain, both on land and at sea. It highlights risks, delivers case studies and identifies pertinent examples, including references to existing business and human rights policies, and their application...[T]he  publication offers up some key self-help guidance as part of basic management actions that can be taken to address implementation of business and human rights in a business enterprise. [Refers to A.P. Moller - Maersk, Costco, Kuoni, Nestlé, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Unilever]