The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Ranks Large Companies' Human Rights Performance

In 2011, the United Nations adopted the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (U.N. Guiding Principles), which provide non-binding guidelines on how employers should conduct their business activities to provide appropriate respect for internationally recognized human rights. Recently, several initiatives have arisen to facilitate corporate human rights reporting and measurement in connection with the U.N. Guiding Principles.

In March 2016, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (Benchmark) published its Pilot Methodology, revealing plans for a publicly available, comparative, year-on-year “snapshot” of the human rights performance of the largest 500 companies. The Pilot Benchmark is scheduled for publication in November 2016 and will rank the top 100 companies across three industries: agricultural products, apparel and extractives.

This webinar will examine:

• The risks and considerations that accompany the Pilot Benchmark

• The Pilot Bechmark’s methodology

• The questions and criticisms surrounding the grading of corporate entities on business and human rights issues

• The scrutiny that the Benchmark may bring upon companies, their operations and supply chains

Time:

7:00 - 8:00 am HST
10:00 – 11:00 am PT
11:00 am – 12:00 pm MT
12:00 – 1:00 pm CT
1:00 – 2:00 pm ET ​

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