Corporate Social Responsibility, Due Diligence, UN Guiding Principles

The E.U. Advances a Watered-Down but Nonetheless Landmark Human Rights Draft Law – What This Means for Global Employers

Littler on 3/27/2024

This summer, the European Union is expected to finalize and pass a law – albeit in a materially different form from previous versions – that will place substantial human rights obligations on global employers. On March 15,...more

United Nations Takes Another Step in Developing a Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Littler on 11/6/2019

Since it was established in 2014, a United Nations Inter-Governmental Working Group (“IGWG”) has met annually to develop a multilateral treaty to attempt to hold businesses legally accountable for harms that may be related to...more

UN Working Group publishes revised draft of business and human rights treaty: commentary on scope, prevention and legal liability

Hogan Lovells on 7/26/2019

On 16 July, a UN working group published a revised draft of its business and human rights treaty (following the “Zero” Draft published in July last year). Our post looks at some of the key developments, with a particular...more

Blockchain: A new frontier in supply chain management

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2018

The concept of human rights due diligence is at the heart of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (“UNGPs“) and is finding its way into a growing body of legislation around the world...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - July 2018

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 7/27/2018

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: developments with respect to the proposed Australian Modern Slavery...more

OECD Releases Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 6/27/2018

On June 20, at the 2018 Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) formally launched its new Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct....more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - December 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 12/8/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a revised Toolkit on National Action Plans on business and human...more

Switzerland: The next frontier for mandatory human rights due diligence?

Hogan Lovells on 12/1/2017

Proposals are being considered to amend the Swiss constitution to require mandatory human rights due diligence for companies based in Switzerland. This post considers the contents of the amendment, its progress and what Swiss...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - November 2017 #2

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 11/24/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a look ahead at the upcoming UN Forum on Business and Human Rights;...more

United Nations Continues its Development of a Treaty Imposing Liability on Companies for Human Rights Abuses

Littler on 11/10/2017

An ongoing debate exists regarding the nature and extent to which transnational companies should be held directly and legally liable for human rights impacts. Much of this debate has involved calls for additional regulation...more

The responsibility to respect human rights in the banking sector

Hogan Lovells on 9/14/2017

The question of how the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) should apply to the banking and financial services sector is one that is attracting increasing attention. Indeed, the dialogue has intensified...more

Foley Hoag Releases Summary Report on Good Practices for Oil Pipelines, as Commissioned by the Dakota Access Consortium of Lenders

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 5/11/2017

On May 9, we released a public summary of our report “Good Practice for Managing the Social Impacts of Oil Pipelines in the United States.” The independent report was prepared by Amy Lehr, Cicely Parseghian, and Gare...more

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