Nordic Business Network members call for cross-sectoral EU mandatory due diligence legislation incl. accountability measures
Twelve large Nordic companies, all members of the
Nordic Business Network for Human Rights, call for EU mandatory human rights due diligence legislation in a joint statement released on 27 January 2021. Signatory companies are ÂÂ
Arla, BioMar, Danfoss, Inter IKEA Group, LEGO Group, Lundbeck, Neste, Norsk Hydro, Novo Nordisk, Statkraft, Vestas Wind Systems and
Yara.
The momentum for due diligence legislation at EU level has recently been increasing, with the EU Commission s sustainable corporate governance initiative (including a public online consultation, deadline 8 February) and a European Parliament legislative report on mandatory due diligence and corporate accountability well underway. Civil society has been calling for laws on corporate due diligence and liability for long.
Human rights curriculum is necessary in schools
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Human rights principles are very valuable to our daily lives, yet it has been ignored by many governments and business leaders. This could be due to the lack of human rights curriculum in the education system.
Unfortunately, human rights are not inherent. They are not just basic facts, but a set of principles that must be taught to young people today. This way they can create better communities and societies that care more about values than materials.
Schools and universities must create new curriculums that emphasize respect for human rights and equality.
Ilze Brands Kehris is Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York
Addressing an online event organized by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in conjunction with the Human Rights Council’s third inter-sessional meeting on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A healthcare worker at a testing facility collects samples for the coronavirus at Mimar Sinan State Hospital, Buyukcekmece district in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: UNDP Turkey/Levent Kulu
GENEVA, Jan 18 2021 (IPS) - A year into the COVID-19 crisis, countries across the globe continue to face alarming levels of pressure on their health and social services. Education and other essential rights, such as water and sanitation, have been severely compromised.
By Rachel Fixsen2020-12-15T17:04:00+00:00
Sweden’s big four national pension buffer funds have laid out their expectations of global technology companies regarding human rights, and warned that increasing worries about these issues are eating away at confidence in the firms, which carries major investment risks.
The AP funds’ Council on Ethics today published a new expectations document, which it said would serve as a platform for the funds, and other investors, to engage with the likes of Facebook and Google about a range of serious problems.
In the document, the council – through which the buffer funds AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4 coordinate their work on environmental and ethical issues – said information technology was embedded in global society and the internet offered key opportunities to tackle social and sustainability challenges.
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