This report discusses business and human rights with examples from coal mining at Cerrejón in Colombia. It looks at Sweden’s policies in relation to sustainable business and the roles and responsibilities of states, companies and institutional investors laid down in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The report links this to the example of the coal mine Cerrejón in Colombia, since mining is a high risk sector as regards respect for human rights and Colombia is a difficult market which means particular risks and challenges for companies and investors. The report investigates Vattenfall and how they deal with the coal supply chain and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as well as the Swedish national pension funds (the AP funds) and their responsibilities as institutional investors…The report investigates implications for local communities of the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia and raises voices of affected communities, particularly in relation to involuntary resettlement, inadequate consultation processes, water scarcity and current plans by the company to divert a river. The example of Cerrejón highlights the challenges for businesses and investors involved in mining in a country like Colombia…