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GLOBAL CSR’s comments on ”mandatory due diligence” in the EU
GLOBAL CSR sits down with Head of CSR Lea Juliussen
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GLOBAL CSR at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 2018
Meet like-minded CSR professionals also implementing the UNGPs
CSR Seminar for the Fashion Industry
GLOBAL CSR participated in UN’s annual forum on business and human rights!
CEO Sune Skadegaard Thorsen managing a learning network at JUC
CEO Sune Skadegaard Thorsen in Polish National Television on CSR and diversity
Booklet launch at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva
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Challenges with the OECD Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct – comments from GLOBAL CSR
fall 2020 – comments from GLOBAL CSR In 2018, the OECD released a highly anticipated guidance on how to interpret the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECDG) in a business setting. The guidance has since inspired and informed a wide variety of companies and other guides. In this blog, we ...
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SME Guides
My business and human rights The United Nation Guiding Principles (the UNGPs), and the concept of Human Rights itself, may seem challenging to understand for many businesses. In 2012 the EU Commission asked GLOBAL CSR to write a guide for SMEs in Europe on the subject. Our Guide on Business ...
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Overview of the 20 Environmental Areas
Environmental sustainability Environmental sustainability concerns both the environment and the climate. The areas relevant to environmental sustainability are established within the OECD Guidelines and principles 7-9 of the UN Global Compact. All businesses can have adverse impacts on the environment through their business operations and activities. Thus, they should conduct ...
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Overview of the 16 Economic Areas
Economic sustainability Economic sustainability concerns the areas referenced in the 10th principle in the UN Global Compact on anti-corruption, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and the UN Convention against corruption. All businesses can have adverse impacts on economic sustainability through their business operations or activities. Thus, businesses should conduct ...
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Overview of the 48 Human Rights
Social sustainability Through the endorsement of the UNGPs in June 2011, the world’s businesses received an authoritative, globally recognised reference point for respecting human rights, including the core labour rights. The UNGPs describe a management system for how to respect human rights. They reference what to respect, namely the 48 ...
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GLOBAL CSR’s comments on ”mandatory due diligence” in the EU
GLOBAL CSR welcomes the EU Commission’s endeavours to establish ”mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence” for business activities in the EU. The EU Commission has opened for public consultation on this endeavour posing a range questions. A link to the consultation, that ends on February 8th, is available in ...
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GLOBAL CSR sits down with Head of CSR Lea Juliussen
Head of CSR at the industry organisation Denmark’s Restaurants & Cafes (DRC): “The Professional Network Meeting provides me with valuable insights into CSR”. We caught up with Lea Marie Toft Juliussen, at the quarterly Professional Network Meeting hosted by GLOBAL CSR. Lea Marie Toft Juliussen is the Head of CSR at the ...
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Interview with former interns
“I learned to use the UNGPs and the OECD Guidelines” Last week we had the chance to catch up with Amalie Schou Nielsen and Victoria Hed, who interned at GLOBAL CSR during Spring 2020. We heard about their experience at GLOBAL CSR, as well as why they are interested in ...
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GLOBAL CSR at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, 2018
In November 2018, GLOBAL CSR participated at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights for the 7th year in a row. This year’s topic was on human rights due diligence in practice. GLOBAL CSR brought six companies with us, who presented pioneering work on documenting operational-level human rights ...
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GLOBAL CSR now offers a UNGPs Status Assessment
UNGPs Status Assessment UNGPs: Where is your company at? With the new Status Assessment, you can gain insight into how your company's CSR governance is aligned with international standards. GLOBAL CSR now offers a UNGPs Status Assessment, where experts at GLOBAL CSR evaluate your current CSR status against the global minimum standard ...
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