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- Claret Vargas – Measuring What Matters: A Key Challenge in Human Rights and Business June 21, 2016
- Francis West – Leadership and being first aren’t the same things: An assessment of the UK National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights June 3, 2016
- Margaret Jungk resigns from UN Working Group and emphasises need for stronger measurement in business and human rights March 8, 2016
- Isabella Stanbrook – Why is measurement an important theme for business and human rights in 2016? February 12, 2016
- Agathe Derain – Human rights and business: Could performance measurement be premature? February 1, 2016
Category Archives: Management tools
Feb 1 2016
Agathe Derain – Human rights and business: Could performance measurement be premature?
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Agathe Derain, manager in the sustainability team of Deloitte France. The common pitfall of rushing towards KPIs Since the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, and … Continue reading
Posted by: February 1, 2016
Tagged with: agathe derain, business, deloitte, human rights, indicators, KPIs, reporting
Dec 9 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Business and human rights: No progress without protection for defenders
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Michael Ineichen, Programme Manager and Human Rights Council Advocacy Director at the International Service for Human Rights. The level of protection enjoyed by those defending rights has long been recognised as a vital indicator for the … Continue reading
Posted by: December 9, 2015
Tagged with: business, companies, defenders, guiding principles, human rights, ishr, michael ineichen
Dec 4 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Measuring progress on human rights, and peace, in conflict affected areas
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Andrea Iff, Head of Business and Peace, swisspeace. Conflict-affected and high-risk areas are characterized by specific political, economic and social conditions. An area can be conflict-affected either because of a violent conflict that exists between language, … Continue reading
Posted by: December 4, 2015
Tagged with: andrea iff, business, conflict, human rights, measuring, peace, peacebuilding, swisspeace
Dec 3 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Follow the Money: Using development finance to hold corporations accountable
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Gretchen Gordon, Coordinator for the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, and Stephanie Mellini, Research and Advocacy Fellow with the Coalition. Two weeks ago, at the United Nations’ fourth Annual Forum on Business and Human … Continue reading
Posted by: December 3, 2015
Tagged with: business, development bank, development finance, gretchen gordon, human rights, stephanie mellini, world bank
Nov 30 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Rhetoric of corporate responsibility is not enough: Corporations must walk the walk, not just talk the talk
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Katie Redford, Co-Founder and Director of EarthRights International. Twenty years ago this month, the Nigerian military regime executed the environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa. Ken was a remarkable and charismatic leader of the Ogoni tribe in the … Continue reading
Posted by: November 30, 2015
Tagged with: accountability, business, earthrights, human rights, katie redford, lawsuits, measuring, nigeria, shell
Nov 25 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Measuring progress through National Action Plans and sustainability reports
Leave a commentThis blog was contributed by Verónica Aranzazu Zubía Pinto, Adviser of the Human Rights Division of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Strong political support The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) arrived in 2011 to … Continue reading
Posted by: November 25, 2015
Tagged with: Aranzazu Zubía Pinto, business, chile, human rights, national action plan, paragraph 47, reporting, Verónica
Nov 23 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Think before you measure!
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Luke Wilde, Chief Executive at twentyfifty Ltd. I will use this blog to reflect on some of our experience, rather than theory, of working with large companies to find ways of measuring corporate practice on human … Continue reading
Posted by: November 23, 2015
Tagged with: agricultural, business, human rights, indicators, Luke Wilde, measuring, mining, twentyfifty
Nov 20 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Asking the basic questions: Are voluntary standard-setting initiatives protecting human rights?
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Amelia Evans, Co-Founder of MSI Integrity, and Stephen Winstanley, Coordinating Attorney at MSI Integrity. Over the last two decades, voluntary standard-setting initiatives have proliferated, becoming one of the most popular tools for addressing the human rights … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2015
Tagged with: amelia evans, business, human rights, initiative, MSI Integrity, multi-stakeholder, standard-setting, stephen winstanley, voluntary
Nov 13 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – The UK Local Government Pension Scheme: Can pooled and passive funds adequately address human rights?
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Lara Blecher, Shareholder Engagement Executive with PIRC Ltd. Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) has a number of local authority clients who manage their pension funds either directly or through an asset manager. Many of these … Continue reading
Posted by: November 13, 2015
Tagged with: business, fund, human rights, investors, local, pension, PIRC, UK
Nov 13 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Business and human rights progress in the Japanese context
2 CommentsThis post was contributed by Hiroshi Ishida, Executive Director of the Caux Round Table Japan. Human Rights are universal, but acceptance should be based on each social context Human rights are universal and belong to every human being in every … Continue reading
Posted by: November 13, 2015
Tagged with: business, caux, hiroshi ishida, human rights, japan, kyosei