Hi, As you can see below European Commission just released human rights guidance for 3 business sectors. I have helped COM and specifically IHRB with their piece of the work, and I know others on this list have also helped. Everything from more formal support to extremely good comments that have helped making the documents what they finally ended up being. Patrik Fältström Head of Research and Development Netnod Begin forwarded message:
From: <entr-csr@ec.europa.eu> Subject: From the European Commission: human rights guidance for 3 business sectors Date: 17 juni 2013 18:23:09 CEST To: <entr-csr@ec.europa.eu>
We are pleased to announce the publication of the European Commission Sector Guides on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Download the Guides here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6711&lang=en&title=European%2DCommission%2Dpublishes%2Dhuman%2Drights%2Dguidance%2Dfor%2D3%2Dbusiness%2Dsectors
The Guides – for employment and recruitment agencies, ICT companies, and oil and gas companies – were developed over the past 18 months by Shift and IHRB through extensive research and multistakeholder consultation with representatives from the three industries as well as governments, trade unions, civil society, academia and other experts. Read more about the Guides’ development here.
Each Guide offers practical advice on how to implement the corporate responsibility to respect human rights in day-to-day business operations in each industry through step-by-step guidance. At each step, they summarise what the UN Guiding Principles expect, offer a range of approaches and examples for how to put them into practice, and link users to additional resources that can support their work. They are intended to help companies “translate” respect for human rights into their own systems and cultures.
Many thanks to all those who have contributed to this process.
Best regards,
CSR Team
European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General Unit ENTR.D.1
