International standards, principles and initatives
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Coffee in Tanzania: key trends in sustainability standards
- ( E.,A. Lazaro;J. Makindara;F.,T.,M. Kilima / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
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One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countr...
- Principles and guidance for rights-based grievance mechanism
- ( C. Rees / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2008)
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This document provides guidance for effective grievance mechanisms in the context of corporate social responsibility. It provides a tool for companies and their local stakeholders to work out right...
- A frameworks for developing the Global Compact in Pakistan
- ( F. Moriani / Global Compact , 2007)
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This document presents operational frameworks for developing the Global Compact in Pakistan. It highlights opportunities for partnership and identifies resources that can be mobilised for it.
... - Can states prevent multinational enterprises from breeching guidelines?
- ( Y. Queinnec / Sherpa , 2007)
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This paper provides an overview of the growing sphere of influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs). It aims to open up avenues which will enable the influence of the current framework of positi...
- How can multinational enterprises be held more accountable for human and environmental abuses?
- ( O. de Schutter / European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) , 2007)
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This paper addresses options that the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) intends to explore, both at the international level and at European Union level, which would improve the ...
- What impact does the Global Compact have on industry in India
- ( T. Chahoud; J. Emmerling; D. Kolb; I. Kubina; G. Repinski; C. Schläger / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI) , 2007)
- This report assesses the impact of the current the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on industry in India. The paper dicusses the history of CSR and India ...
- Discusses the development of an international standard on social responsibility
- ( B. Slob; G. Oonk / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations , 2007)
- This briefing aims to inform non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other civil society organisations about the International Standards Organisations (ISO) Working Group on Social Responsibility. T...
- An audit of ethical trade auditing
- ( Business and Human Rights Resource Centre , 2006)
- This report documents the problems of current practices related to auditing for ethical trade. It reports on the key issues presented and discussed at the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) members’ mee...
- Comparing ILO and UN standards on business responsibilities with respect to human rights
- ( I. G. Metall; R. Misereo; H. Feldt / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. , 2006)
- The study presents and compares two instruments which regulate the responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights. The two instruments are: the 1977 ILO Tripartite Declaration ...
- Outlining the labour components of the revised Equator principle
- ( Ergon , 2006)
- This briefing paper outlines the labour components of the revised Equator principles - Equator II - to assist signatories, their clients and other stakeholders in understanding the new requirements. ...
