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Press Release - 10 December 2008

Business and civil society leaders call for better human rights disclosure


10 December 2008
Amsterdam

 

Today - on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -  corporate, trade union and civil society leaders have added their voices to the call by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (Realizing Rights) for better corporate reporting on human rights. More...

GRI Newsletter - 25 November 2008 

Multi-stakeholder process for Human Rights project begins


The Human Rights Reporting project “A call to action” launched in September by Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact, and the Global Reporting Initiative, which aims to enhance the quality of human rights performance measurement and reporting (click here for more information on the project), is kicking off this month with its 1st Working Group meeting being held on 27 & 28 November in Amsterdam. Following that will be a Workshop on human rights performance measurement and reporting in Geneva, Switzerland on December 17, 2008. GRI stakeholders are invited to participate in the workshop, which will bring together experts from business, NGOs, trade unions, finance, intergovernmental organizations and other stakeholders.

 

The results of the workshop will directly inform the Working Group that is preparing recommendations for the Global Reporting Initiative on how to improve the quality of human rights performance measurement and contribute to the development of practical guidance for companies.

 

Click here to download the Workshop Invitation


Press Release - 23 September 2008

Leading organizations call for better corporate reporting on human rights

23 September 2008
Amsterdam  

Marking sixty years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three leading organizations are launching a new initiative to foster greater integration of human rights principles into corporate sustainability reporting. The project - Human Rights: A Call to Action - is co-led by Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, headed by former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson; The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), developers of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework; and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world's largest global corporate citizenship initiative. More...

GRI Newsletter - 23 September 2008

Companies invited to take action on human rights reporting

The United Nations Global Compact, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative are marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights by calling on companies to make a commitment to improve at least one aspect of their human rights reporting.  The invitation to companies to participate is central to the three organizations’ new collaborative project: “Human rights – A call to action” which aims to foster greater integration of human rights principles into corporate sustainability reporting. Ultimately, the project aims to significantly improve companies’ understanding of how and why to publicly disclose policies and practice relating to human rights.

 

Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Global Compact Board member and President of Realizing Rights said: “The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration during 2008 presents a key opportunity for the many companies who still haven’t thought seriously about the role of human rights in their business operations to do so, including by making human rights an integral part of their public reporting on sustainability issues.” 

 

To find out more about the project and to join the call to action please visit www.globalreporting.org/humanrights or contact the GRI Technical Development Coordinator Bastian Buck buck@globalreporting.org.

GRI Newsletter - 21 August 2008

 

Human Rights, Content and Materiality - Be part of the unique GRI Working Group process


GRI is calling for interested individuals to indicate their interest in sitting on one of two new Working Groups: one is focused on Human Rights Reporting, the other on Content and Materiality.  The focus of the Human Rights Working Group is the formulation of recommendations on the further development of GRI guidance on human rights reporting and the associated indicators. The Content and Materiality Working Group will be tasked with formulating a protocol defining how to use the four principles for defining report content (materiality / stakeholder inclusiveness / sustainability context, and completeness) to select the material issues and indicators for a sustainability report. The outcomes of these Working Groups will contribute to the further development of the G3 Guidelines and are expected to be ready in 2009.

The Terms of Reference for the Working Groups will be available from 1 September 2008.  The first Working Group meetings will be held in the fourth quarter of 2008. If you are interested in applying for a position on either Working Group, or would like some more information, click here.

 

 

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