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European Commission policy and actions on human rights and business

European Commission policy and actions on human rights and business. Berlin, February 20, 2013. A modern understanding of corporate social responsibility. New definition: "The responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society" Positive and negative impacts

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European Commission policy and actions on human rights and business

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  1. European Commission policy and actions on human rights and business Berlin, February 20, 2013

  2. A modern understanding of corporate social responsibility • New definition: "The responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society" • Positive and negative impacts • All enterprises have impacts, all have a social responsibility

  3. Internationally recognised CSR guidelines and principles The core five: • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises • UN Global Compact • ISO 26000 Guidance standard on social responsibility • ILO Tri-partite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

  4. What's different about the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights? • Adverse impacts only • (New) terms and concepts: adverse impacts, due diligence, leverage, remedy, etc. • Global and government endorsed • Enterprises and states • An expected standard of conduct for all

  5. Sector-specific guidance • Three sectors: employment and recruitment agencies, ICT/telecommunications, oil and gas • Output: non-legally binding guidance that is practically useful to companies • Geographical scope: take account of EU specificities, but make as globally relevant as possible • Timeline: final guidance end April/early May 2013 • Shift, and Institute for Human Rights and Business

  6. SMEs and human rights • Outputs: introductory guide, case studies, video • English version published December 2012; other language versions soon • Geographical scope: European small and medium-sized enterprises • Global CSR and Bernard Brunhes International

  7. National Action Plans and report on EU priorities • EU report to be written from perspective of pillar one (state duty to protect) and pillar three (access to remedy) • Within pillars 1 and 3, need to consider all principles • The relevance of principle 10 for EU Member States: membership of multilateral institutions • Global leadership, expectation and responsibility

  8. Some final comments • Huge challenge for enterprises and states: we’reonlyat the start • Cooperation and dialogue critical

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