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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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