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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
Tag Archives: measuring
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
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 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 9 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – A cartographer’s guide to measurement: mapping where we are, determining where we want to be and getting into the messy in-roads of legislation
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Michelle Staggs Kelsall, doctoral candidate in law at the University of Nottingham and former Deputy Director of the Human Rights Resource Centre (for ASEAN). When I think about measurement, it brings to mind for me a popular … Continue reading
Posted by: November 9, 2015
Tagged with: business, cartography, human rights, lawyer, legal, map, measuring, michelle staggs kelsall
Oct 23 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – The Guiding Principles have been a game changer
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Linda Kromjong, Secretary-General of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE). The uptake and implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights (UNGPs) has been a controversial and disputed issue for quite some time. … Continue reading
Posted by: October 23, 2015
Tagged with: business, gri, guiding principles, human rights, IOE, linda kromjong, measuring, reporting, tracking
Oct 20 2015
UN FORUM SERIES – Tracking progress in business and human rights: An introduction
1 CommentThe United Nations Working Group on business and human rights (UNWG) dedicated its 2015 report to the UN General Assembly to the issue of measuring the uptake and implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). … Continue reading
Posted by: October 20, 2015
Tagged with: assessing, business, human rights, measuring, progress, tracking, UN FORUM, United Nations
Jul 18 2014
Charline Daelman – Measuring the Impact of Business on Children’s Rights
1 CommentThe recent release of UNICEF’s ‘Children Rights and Business Principles’ has resulted in companies starting to understand the relevance of respecting and promoting children’s rights. More importantly, companies are now rethinking the impact that their businesses have on children’s rights. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 18, 2014
Tagged with: children, children's rights, human rights, indicators, KPI, measuring, rights, unicef
Jun 21 2016
Claret Vargas – Measuring What Matters: A Key Challenge in Human Rights and Business
Leave a commentThis post was contributed by Claret Vargas, the coordinator of Dejusticia’s international work. The post was originally published on Dejusticia blog. How do we know when states and businesses have moved from committing to protect and respect human rights to actually … Continue reading →
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