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23 Jun 2010

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Institute for Human Rights and Business

[PDF] The “State of Play” of Human Rights Due Diligence: Anticipating the Next Five Years

Companies have a responsibility to respect human rights, which means to act with due diligence to avoid infringing on the rights of others...But what does the corporate responsibility to respect mean in practice? And how effectively are companies already applying human rights due diligence? What can be expected in the next five years? This report seeks to answer these questions through a…review...involving 24 leading multinational companies…[Refers to ABB, Anglo American, Cairn Energy, Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata), Chevron, Coca Cola, ENI, Essent, ExxonMobil, Gap, GE, HP, Levi Strauss, Merck, Nestle, Newmont, Novartis, Novo Nordisk (part of Novo Group), Philips, Shell, Syngenta, Total, Unilever]