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Article

17 Dec 2015

Author:
Global Compact Network Australia & Australian Human Rights Commission

Australia: Dialogue on business & human rights identifies rights in supply chains as key issue

"2015 Australian Dialogue on Business and Human Rights", 14 Dec 2015

...[I]n August 2015, the Global Compact Network Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission convened over 100 representatives from business, government, civil society and academia at the 2015 Australian Dialogue on Business and Human Rights (the Dialogue), Australia's only national, multi-sector, multi-stakeholder dialogue on the issue...[F]our key topics [were discussed]: leadership on business and human rights, the business responsibility to respect human rights, access to remedy, and human rights in the supply chain...A key theme that emerged was transparency and disclosure – in relation to impact assessments, supply chains and more general human rights performance. Translating human rights, including to what extent human rights language needs to be used by business for it to truly manage human rights risks, was highlighted again this year as an ongoing challenge. Another was integrating human rights across business functions. Managing human rights in supply chains was identified as a key area for ongoing improvement, noting that issues have arisen both in international and domestic supply chains...While a number of Australian businesses are making significant investments in human rights, there are laggards...Therefore a further question is how to engage them in the agenda...