Social responsibility and human rights responsibility

Social responsibility is at the heart of CSR

Social responsibility, which defines the good treatment of people, is one of the three core elements of CSR (the Social section of the ESG). Social responsibility is based on human rights, on top of which other social responsibility issues are built.

We help companies to understand what social and human rights responsibility means and how investing in them also makes financial sense.

The content will take into account elements such as:

• The social responsibility framework: human rights as a foundation and the other social responsibility issues that build on it.The many benefits for business of implementing social responsibility.
• Human rights accountability:
  • What are human rights? 
  • How do human rights, as defined in international law standards and legally binding on States, relate to business?
  • The corporate responsibility to respect human rights (do no harm).
  • The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) as a key tool for implementing the corporate responsibility to respect human rights: the content of the Guiding Principles and the requirements for business. 
  • Human rights due diligence (HRDD) at the heart of the responsibility.
  • Do no harm & do good: primarily preventing negative human rights impacts, producing positive impacts as added value.Other issues of social responsibility to build a responsible and sustainable corporate culture.
• Other issues of social responsibility to build a responsible and sustainable corporate culture.

Broad sparring on social responsibility in cooperation with a partner.