Human Rights

“Companies have a responsibility to respect human rights, which means to act with due diligence to avoid infringing on the rights of others”
UN Global Compact on Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Report, 2009.

Increased media scrutiny and shareholder activism means that companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights risks and impacts that arise from their operations. Stakeholders, shareholders, NGOs and CSOs seek two things in this new, spot lit-reality: transparency and accountability.