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Article

3 May 2004

Author:
Sir Geoffrey Chandler, founder-chair, Amnesty International UK Business Group 1991-2001, former director of Shell International, in European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights

The slow march to corporate accountability

Mandatory reporting of a company’s impacts on the environment and the community is an essential starting point for any regulatory framework...A group of seven major companies (ABB, Barclays, Body Shop International, MTV Networks Europe, National Grid Transco, Novartis and Novo Nordisk) has formed the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights to help “further integrate human rights in business policies and practices”.