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Article

11 Aug 2011

Author:
UNICEF, Save the Children, UN Global Compact

[DOC] Children’s Rights and Business Principles Initiative Wraps Consultation Period

A three-month consultation period has concluded for the Children’s Rights and Business Principles (CRBP) Initiative. More than 600 business leaders, civil society representatives and children participated in face-to-face or online consultations to comment on a set of draft principles which will set standards for child-friendly businesses everywhere. Additionally, several thousand people were reached in the Initiative’s efforts to build awareness of the Principles in advance of their official launch...[in-person consultations took place in Beijing, Belgrade, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Delhi, Dubai, Geneva, London, Nairobi, Istanbul and Shanghai]