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Submission on the Draft Guiding Principles

Monday Jan 24, 2011

Faris Natour, Former Managing Director, Advisory Services, BSR

BSR submitted commentary on the draft "Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nations 'Protect, Respect, and Remedy' Framework" proposed by Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative to the UN Secretary General for Human Rights and Business.

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Is Stakeholder Engagement the Key to Successful Community Standards?

Alison Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Management, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Managing Director, BSR; Michaela Lee, Manager, BSR

Ongoing debates about leadership, governance, and regulation of social media are highly relevant to any stakeholder engagement discussion for platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Human Rights, Access to Remedy, and Stakeholder Engagement

Rosa Kusbiantoro, Associate Director, BSR

It is clear that there is still a significant gap between companies responding to allegations of harming human rights and actually engaging with the affected rightsholders to ensure that appropriate remedy is provided.

#DontBanEquality: CEOs Step Up to Say Abortion Bans are Bad for Business

Aditi Mohapatra, Director, Women’s Empowerment, BSR; Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR; Aimee Louise Bataclan, Manager, Communications and Marketing, BSR

While it may seem safer for companies to stay silent on abortion legislation, many companies have concluded that they need to speak out to stay consistent on their commitments to gender equality and support for women’s health.

New Collaborative Initiative to Advance LGBTI Equality Globally

Salah Husseini, Associate Director, Human Rights, BSR; Nicolas Ronderos, Manager, Collaborations, BSR

BSR is pleased to announce our latest Collaborative Initiative, the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE), a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, OHCHR, and BSR.

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