Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: What companies find useful
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What companies find particularly useful
A. 10 sections of the website that companies find particularly useful:
1. "Individual companies" section:
over 4000 companies
companies are invited to forward to us their comments or responses on any items on the website, particularly when they are mentioned by name
2. Latest news (homepage)
Highlights updated hourly
3. "Companies with a policy statement referring to human rights"
links to each policy statement, so that companies developing a human rights policy can see those already adopted by other companies
4. "UN Norms on business & human rights"
in English, Español, Français
5. "Getting started" section:
An introduction to the subject of business & human rights
6. "Company policy/steps" section includes:
"Company implementation"
"Company reporting"
"Profitability & human rights"
"Support for initiatives promoting development / economic & social rights"
"Training managers & employees"
7. "Sectors" section:
over 160 industry sectors
8. "Issues" section - over 160 issues, including:
"Development/poverty"
"Discrimination"
"Environment", "Why environmental issues are human rights issues"
"Health (including workplace health & safety)"
"Labour", "Child labour"
Sub-section entitled "Other" includes: "Impact assessment", "Monitoring", "Reputation", "Supply chain/'Fair trade'/Procurement"
9. "Principles" section includes:
"ILO Declaration on fundamental principles & rights at work"
"ILO Tripartite Declaration"
"OECD Guidelines"
"UN Global Compact"
"UN norms on business & human rights"
"Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights"
10. "Miscellaneous" section includes:
"Awards"
"Certification"
"Conferences & events"
"Ratings & indexes"
B. Free Weekly Updates
the most important developments, breaking news & reports
sent by e-mail each week
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C. Custom Alerts: paid information service
subscribers automatically alerted via e-mail whenever items about their company or any subjects of their particular interest are added to the website - more about Custom Alerts
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over 4000
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discrimination,
labour, health,
environment,
development,
security, etc.
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Countries
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over 180
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All topics
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industry sectors,
law & lawsuits,
UN, principles,
etc.
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