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Article

23 May 2012

Author:
Lisa Nandy, Labour MP, in Hansard [UK]

Lisa Nandy [Speech in the House of Commons re amendments to financial services bill]

The amendment places a duty on the Financial Conduct Authority, in its role as the UK listing authority, to require all applicants to the stock exchange to report on the human rights and sustainable development impacts of their operations...[T]he amendment is...in line with the Government’s policy commitments. In June last year, the UK, along with every other member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, endorsed the UN framework on human rights and transnational corporations, which for the first time provides a framework for business and human rights.