World Benchmarking Alliance+CHRB B.1.4.a.S1 Communication/dissemination of policy commitment(s) - Workers and external stakeholders+About
This metric is from the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), part of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), which has been assessing the human rights disclosures of some of the largest global companies since 2017. By ranking these companies on their policies, processes and practices, as well as how they respond to serious allegations, the CHRB aims to create a race to the top through which companies strive to fulfil their responsibility to respect the human rights of the individuals and communities that they impact.
Embedding respect for human rights in company culture and management systems
What do the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights expect?
The company’s statement(s) of commitment should be publicly available in prominent locations and communicated actively to workers, business relationships and others, including investors and stakeholders, so that they are aware of the company’s commitments and integrate the commitments into company culture.
The company should align the policies and procedures that govern its wider business activities and relationships with its responsibility to respect human rights.
Why is this important?
These steps of embedding policy commitments into company culture and broader management systems and reinforcing them with specific due diligence processes ensures that a company takes a systematic and proactive, rather than ad hoc or reactive approach, to respecting human rights.
Embedding respect for human rights in company culture and management systems
What do the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights expect?
The company’s statement(s) of commitment should be publicly available in prominent locations and communicated actively to workers, business relationships and others, including investors and stakeholders, so that they are aware of the company’s commitments and integrate the commitments into company culture.
The company should align the policies and procedures that govern its wider business activities and relationships with its responsibility to respect human rights.
Why is this important?
These steps of embedding policy commitments into company culture and broader management systems and reinforcing them with specific due diligence processes ensures that a company takes a systematic and proactive, rather than ad hoc or reactive approach, to respecting human rights.