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Case Study: Telefónica: Assessing Human Rights Risks and Opportunities
BSR worked with the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica to assess its human rights impacts, risks, and opportunities in each of its 16 operating regions. Learn more
BSR Insight Article: The Human Rights of Workers and Their Families: A Conversation about Living Wage with Ethique sur l’étiquette's Nayla Ajaltouni
Sunita Grote, MBA Class of December 2013, INSEAD
By providing a living wage, businesses can support their commitment to human rights and ensure that workers and their families achieve a life of dignity with an acceptable standard of living. Nayla Ajaltouni, coordinator of Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, who recently spoke at BSR’s Paris office, took some time to talk with us about why the implementation of living wage has been limited to date, how it can benefit both workers and business, and how changing purchasing practices can make a difference on this issue. Her organization—a network of French NGOs, unions, and consumer organizations—promotes labor rights in the garment industry and its supply chain. Read more
Blog: In Human Rights, What Does ‘Access to Remedy’ Really Mean?
Natalie Bridgeman Fields, Executive Director, Accountability Counsel
The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights call for access to "nonjudicial remedy" for communities affected by business-related human rights harms. San Francisco-based nonprofit Accountability Counsel works to ensure this access for communities around the world. Read more →
Blog: The Supreme Court Has Ruled on Kiobel. Now What?
Peter Nestor, Manager, Advisory Services
In its Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cases under the Alien Tort Statute will now be presumptively dismissed when the alleged human rights abuses occur outside the United States. What does this mean for business and human rights? Read more →
Blog: What the New Telecommunications Human Rights Principles Mean
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
Telecommunications companies have published new guiding principles for human rights, freedom of expression, and privacy. What does this development mean? Read more →
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