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Human rights due diligence and the corporate lawyer

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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October 24 2010

Raise the topic of due diligence in a room of corporate lawyers and you might expect the conversation to turn to a discussion of mergers and acquisitions or environmental site assessments

Respecting the human right to water

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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September 30 2011

More than a Resource: Water, Business, and Human Rights, a recent report by the Institute for Human Rights and Business ("IHRB") calls on companies to take action to respect the human right to water

H.R. 2759: new federal bill would require companies to disclose efforts to address human rights risks in their supply chains

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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August 9 2011

On August 1, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 2759, the Business Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act, a bill modeled after the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

U.N. Special Representative releases final version of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Foley Hoag LLP
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Global
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April 4 2011

The U.N. Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, John Ruggie, has released his final report, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect, and Remedy" Framework

Leverage and the management of adverse human rights impacts

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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July 31 2012

One of the challenges for companies seeking to manage the adverse human rights impacts of their operations is how to deal with impacts that are most directly tied to business partners, suppliers, and even governments

Corporate responsibility for human trafficking & five steps that your company can take right now

Foley Hoag LLP
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USA
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November 30 2012

n a landmark speech to the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2012, President Barack Obama declared that the “fight against human trafficking is one of the great human rights causes of our time” and that “our global economy companies have a responsibility to make sure that their supply chains, stretching into the far corners of the globe, are free of forced labor.”