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Beyond Compliance: Effective reporting under the modern slavery act, CORE Coaltion, Feb 2016
"A guide to human rights for small and medium-sized enterprises", Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, developed by Global CSR, Dec 2012
European Commission's guidance for ICT, recruitment and oil & gas sectors, European Commission (prepared by Shift & Institute for Human Rights and Business), Jun 2013
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European Commission selects three business sectors for the development of human rights guidance
Author: European Commission, CSR Europe
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Case Study: The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights [part of Human Rights and Democracy: The 2011 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report]
Author: United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Following endorsement of the [UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights], the FCO established a cross-government steering group to develop an agreed UK strategy on business and human rights, to be launched in mid-2012...With direct input from...
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Author: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Some of the world’s largest multinational companies have their headquarters in Switzerland. These companies must respect national legislation in the countries they operate, also in relation to human rights and the environment. Switzerland is committed...
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[PDF] A guide to human rights for small and medium-sized enterprises
Author: Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
This guide has been written for small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union...There are a growing number of guides to human rights that have been prepared for larger, multinational companies but there are not many resources available for...
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UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Author: HumanRights.Gov [USA]
The Business and Human Rights (BHR) team in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor leads U.S. government efforts to implement the Guiding Principles. The BHR team...[w]orks with the UN Working Group on business and human rights, that was...
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[PDF] A guide to business and human rights: How human rights can add value to your business [UK]
Author: UK Equality & Human Rights Commission
This guide to ''business and human rights: how human rights can add value to your business'' sets out six key areas that are particularly relevant to smaller businesses. It also sets out a simple model to understand and put in place respect for human...
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U.S. Government Approach on Business and Human Rights
Author: US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor
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In October 2011 the European Commission asked member states to draft National Action Plans for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The German government has remained largely inactive in this respect. The CorA...
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