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Article

19 Jun 2006

Author:
Intl. Finance Corporation (IFC)

IFC Leads Development of Human Rights Assessment Guide for Businesses

At the instigation of IFC and the Novartis Foundation, businesses and organizations specializing in human rights gathered to discuss tools that can help businesses identify and address human rights challenges facing the business community...drawing on the feedback from participants, and with a consultation phase, the IFC and International Business Leaders Forum, are finalizing their jointly produced Human Rights Impact Assessment guide...The development of the HRIA is supported by a number of organizations and companies including the U.N. Global Compact, Novartis, BP and Newmont.