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Human Rights and Reporting
6th International Reporting 3.0 Conference
June 18th 2019 | Rotterdam
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Corporate responsibility
to respect human rights
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A blueprint for implementing the responsibility to respect human rights
Salient human rights issues
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Current human rights reporting landscape
Shift Human Rights
Reporting Research:
Global
(150 companies)
Alliance for Corporate
Transparency:EU NFRD
(105 companies)
50%+ lack clear explanation of salient/Most severe human rights risks
45% lack clarity on day-to-daymanagement of human rights
16% silent on governance ofHuman rights / sustainability / CSR
92% lack details on stakeholder Engagement: Who? Why? What topics? What impact?
80% provide only high level informationAbout grievance mechanisms – complaintHotline.
90% have commitment to respectHuman rights
36% describe human rights due diligence process
28% provide a statement on salient /most severe human rights issues
10% provide details on effectiveness of policy or approach
Majority of company human rights reports do not meet expectations of UNGPs
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coherent narrative
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