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26 Aug 2008

Author:
Bill Baue, CSRWire

The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - "Companies Need to Adopt a Human Rights Policy"

Is 167 a lot or a little? That's the number of companies around the world that have adopted a formal policy statement explicitly referring to human rights, according to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC.) That stat includes over half of the UK's FTSE 100 - but only a sliver of the Fortune 500, and a miniscule percentage of all companies worldwide. Mary Robinson...is actively encouraging companies to join the 167. This December marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an "ideal opportunity" to adopt a human rights policy. [also refers to Goldcorp]

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