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Article

6 Dec 2010

Author:
Andrew Vickers, Vice President, Policy & External Relations, Shell International

[PDF] Connecting business & human rights

[Speech given to the World Legal Forum in The Hague] I would like to outline the strong business case for implementing human rights practices, for business itself as an agent to improve human rights and to share with you the learning journey that we at Shell are on... Companies need to understand the communities where they work and the role they have in respecting human rights... We have updated our Code of Conduct to reflect latest thinking on human rights...As part of a major transition undertaken last year we moved our sustainable development function from the corporate centre and embedded it deeper into the business. We think it makes sense to have it sitting in the business such that business decision-making incorporates sustainable development, including human rights, considerations from the outset...[also refers to Goldman Sachs]