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Human rights risks
Beyond Compliance: Three Human Rights Risks Companies Overlook As companies navigate the complex landscape of human rights, they tend to focus on the most visible and well-known human rights risks, or on the ones the law requires them to focus on. However, there are...
Due Diligence on Child Labour; new law in the Netherlands
Due Diligence on Child Labour; new law in the Netherlands Broad support in parliament Last Tuesday (7 of February) the Dutch parliament approved a new law, the Due Diligence Child Labour. The law was initiated by the Labour Party (PvdA) and after some...
A practical training for companies May 18, 2017 Amsterdam
Human Rights Due Diligence & the supply chain - in practice Human Rights @Work invites you to a hands-on training on the UN Guiding Principle for Business and Human Rights. The training will be organized in cooperation with Enact Sustainable Strategies. Our...
The Round Table for Sustainable Palmoil (RSPO) and human rights
Human rights and business and the implications for the RSPO. Read and/or download: The Round Table for Sustainable Palmoil (RSPO) and human rightsHuman Rights in the RSPO
Take a closer look – current practices of Dutch business on human rights
Just after the UN Guiding Principles were launched in 2011, Human Rights@Work, together with VBDO and BECO, reviewed the status of guidelines' implementation in the Netherlands in 2012 and to provide ideas and suggestions for future elaboration of the human rights...
Oxfam GB groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain
Oxfam GB released a groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain. It is groundbreaking not so much because of its content (although as the project’s technical advisor and co-author of the report, I do think we have some fascinating findings to...
Unilever-Oxfam Report
Oxfam independently researched Unilever's factory and supply chain in Vietnam. It looked at pressing issues such as discrimination, freedom of association, wages and working hours including precarious work. Read and/or download: Unilever-Oxfam_report