…After signing the Promise of Value in February 2012, 17 companies…undertook activities to materialize this commitment. Since then, the companies focused their efforts on elaborating a conceptual framework to clearly state ways to implement in their operations the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. Such efforts included surveys and periodic meetings to pursue consultations and discussions on significant contents, as well as reviewing documents eligible as theoretical background…The first part of this document outlines general issues relevant to understand the context of this initiative and, also, key references and concepts on the matter. Three individual guidelines follow, and focuses on three relevant topics for the businesses involved: discrimination and inclusion; transparency; and, environment…