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...

Business and human rights | 10 tips

Corporate social responsibility and human rights guidelines have so far been based on soft law and have lacked legal enforceability. However, due to insufficient progress being made, countries such as England and France have introduced laws that require companies to...

EU Conference on Business and Human Rights

Decision makers, politicians, business leaders, NGOs, trade unions, and researchers  met in Amsterdam to discuss ways to advance the implementation of the Business and Human Rights agenda of the European Union.  At the same time, it was also the celebration of five...

Five Global Companies join forces to fight migrant worker exploitation

9 May 2016 The Coca-Cola Company, HP Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IKEA and Unilever today in London launched a new collaboration, the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, focused on promoting ethical recruitment and combating the exploitation of migrant...

FIFA and Human Rights

“For the Game, for the World” This report by Professor Ruggie lays out the relevant human rights context for FIFA, and presents 25 detailed recommendations for action.