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On this platform, we have listed a selection of references for further information and tools for enterprises about human rights compliance in the context of economic acitivites.
FDFA/SECO:
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) provide useful information for enterprises about the Swiss National Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (NAP) on their websites. This platform also contains valuable information for small and medium sized enterprises (SME).
Information platform FDFA/SECO Business and Human Rights
The FDFA also maintains a website with information and references on the topic "Business and Human Rights":
FDFA, Business and Human Rights
All information about the Swiss National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is available here:
Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG):
In 2014 the United Nations Human Rights Council established a working group mandated with the task to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights.
United Nations Global Compact:
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a voluntary initiative directed at enterprises with the aim of aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises:
The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights was established by the Human Rights Council in 2011 and promotes the implemenation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative:
The Amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is a leading global business association for supply chain management. It supports companies to improve the labour conditions in the their global supply chains.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre:
Comprehensive information platform on business and human rights.
Humanrights.ch:
The website humanrights.ch contains information about the human rights responsibilities of multinational enterprises.
Institute for Human Rights and Business:
Leading international think tank on business and human rights.
öbu - Verband für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften:
The association for sustainable economic acitivty assists companies, especially SME's, in sustainability management.
OECD Responsible Business Conduct:
OECD's information platform with guidelines on responsible business conduct for corporations.
OECD Responsible Business Conduct
The Danish Institute for Human Rights
The business department of the Danish Institut for Human Rights offers comprehensive information and tools on business and human rights.
DIHR Business and Human Rights Department
The DIHR Human Rights Compliance Assessment (HRCA) ist a online self-assessment tool for companies to identify human rights risks in their operations.
