This week the European Commission announced that the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and Shift have been selected to support a new project to develop guidance for select industry sectors on implementing the corporate responsibility to respect human rights.
In June 2011, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry announced that it was developing the project, which takes forward a key objective of the European Commission’s new policy on Corporate Social Responsibility, published in October 2011, involving support for implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
The project, to be carried out during 2012, will result in three sector-specific guides, developed in close coordination with selected industry sectors and other stakeholders.
All stakeholders are invited to submit their suggestions for the choice of sectors by emailing [email protected] by:
6pm CET on 27 January 2012.
The final choice on the three sectors will be made by the European Commission and announced in early February 2012.
Both Shift and IHRB are delighted to be involved with this important project and are committed to a process based on active multistakeholder consultation and collaborative approaches.
Details of planned consultations will be posted on the website as the work develops.
