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January 2012

 
Jan 24 / 4:41pm

Gute Geschäfte, gutes Gewissen: Was Rechtsanwälte für Unternehmensverantwortung (CSR) tun können

by Dr. iur. Jan Hendrik Taubert

Lawyers for Better Business (L4BB) is an online publication and network to enable lawyers to become champions of corporate responsibility. We will help lawyers who advise global corporations to keep up with regulatory trends, soft law and best practice on business and human rights. Have a look at http://www.l4bb.org/news/news.php 

 

Filed under  //  CSR   Corporate Social Responsibility   Lawyer   Rechtsanwälte  
 
Jan 16 / 4:03am

Menschenrechte als Wettbewerbsvorteil statt Riskofaktor: EU will Mittelstand in der Praxis unterstützen

by Dr. iur. Jan Hendrik Taubert

The development of sector-specific guidance on the corporate responsibility to respect human rights will be led by the Institute for Human Rights and Business together with Shift, an independent non-profit centre specialising in this field.

The Commission expects to announce in February its final decision regarding the choice of the three sectors for which human rights guidance will be developed. The choice will be made on the basis of objective criteria which can be viewed here.
Suggestions for sectors are welcome via the same website up until 29 January 2012, with an explanation as to how they best fit the criteria.

Work to build the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of human rights will be carried out by Bernard Brunhes International in cooperation with Global CSR. These partners will be supported by UEAPME (the European Association of Craft and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises). Together they will produce a human rights risk-mapping for SMEs, draft some case studies of how SMEs deal with human rights, and develop a practical guide to human rights for small businesses.

The Commission identified these two initiatives as priority actions for the further promotion of corporate social responsibility in its recent communication on this topic. Both initiatives are scheduled to last 12 months, through to the end of 2012. The Commission’s aim is to promote the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

via ec.europa.eu

Menschenrechte sind kein Risikofaktor, sondern ein Wettbewerbsvorteil: Die EU will Geschäftsführer und Inhaber mittelständischer Unternehmen (KMU) bei der praktischen Anwendung der UN Prinzipien für Unternehmen und Menschenrechte (UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights) unterstützen. Genau da geht's lang.

Filed under  //  Menschenrechte   UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights   UN Prinzipien für Unternehmen und Menschenrechte   Wettbewerbsvorteil