UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

This is a global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business activity

Name of Parent Organization

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR)

Name of Resource

Owner, Founder, or Sponsor

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR)

Year Founded

2011

Typical Use Case

Asset managers/owners can encourage investees to use these as a framework in their business for protecting human rights. For the companies which are already using it, they could use them as a benchmark, assessing their progress and transparency towards the principles.

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