BSR Insight | Challenges of Applying the UN Guiding Principles
At the CSR and Leadership Produrable conference in Paris last week, BSR’s Europe Director Farid Baddache facilitated a discussion on how to apply the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The panel comprised representatives from EDF, BNP Paribas, the French government, and two NGOs. Panel participants noted the challenges in applying human rights principles and due diligence across departments throughout a company while reconciling a more industry-specific understanding of the material issues. They added that engaging with stakeholders on the ground is a key component of successful ownership of human rights issues. _“The way the regulatory frameworks applicable to European companies are getting increasingly consistent with the UN Guiding Principles encourages companies to transition from a reactive issue management to a proactive reasonable management of human rights risks.”_ —Michel Doucin, French government ambassador on CSR (March 28, 2012)
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