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Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Janus Henderson doesn't invest in companies that are not compliant with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights or non-compliant with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and they avoid investing in companies that are associated ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... see that risk, there is guidance there to provide remedy, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights." The toolkit consolidates publicly available guidance to help organisations can inform strategic thinking and company engagement ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and 2020. The revisions increase alignment between the GRI Standards and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the OECD's guidelines and tools on responsible business conduct. The GRI also recently released a standard that to assist ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting framework, but builds on the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages businesses from selecting SDGs and related targets ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... The resolution recommends framing the assessment using the principles in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: the International Bill of Human and the principles concerning fundamental rights in the eight ILO core conventions as set ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... including references to international standards as the UN Global Compact and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. "There are good tools and frameworks and standards available to business," Black said. "The research suggests that when we ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... developing frameworks for companies reporting on their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). RAFI is an open, multi-stakeholder consultative group that is facilitated by a project team comprised of Shift, Mazars ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Newmont Mining Corporation and MMG - have implemented policies based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Richard Boele, director, Global Compact Network Australia The four companies differ in terms of size, geographic reach and ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... OECD MNE Guidelines, the United Nations Global Compact Principles, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. G4 also removed the ranking system that evaluated the quality of an organsation's disclosures to a letter-grade standard. "We ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... OECD MNE Guidelines, the United Nations Global Compact Principles, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. G4 is the product of two years of stakeholder consultation and dialogue as part of GRI's due process. GRI organised working ...