OCE-C.06.C - Environmental Harm Human Rights Impact Prevention
Does the company prevent and mitigate actual and potential negative human rights impacts resulting from environmental harms?
About the data
The WBA Ocean Benchmark measures and ranks the world's most influential companies on their efforts to halt and reverse nature loss in marine ecosystems, tracking how companies manage their impacts on ocean biodiversity, marine habitats, and the communities and workers dependent on healthy seas. The 2026 edition is WBA's first Ocean Benchmark, assessing 125 companies across key sectors dependent on oceans, including seafood, maritime transport, offshore wind energy, shipbuilding, port operations, apparel, and chemicals. Companies are assessed on 47 indicators across four measurement areas: governance, ecosystems and biodiversity, social responsibility, and core social indicators. The benchmark builds on WBA's Nature Benchmark and the former Seafood Stewardship Index, and its methodology was developed with input from more than 50 stakeholders including ocean communities, companies, scientists and civil society, with human rights and social impacts kept at its core alongside nature-specific concerns. More information can be found here.
Methodology
The United Nations has recently declared access to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable
environment a universal human right (UN, 2021). However, business activities and infrastructure
projects often expose local communities to heightened environmental risks and adverse effects. This
challenge is further exacerbated by the violent and sometimes fatal assaults faced by environmental
human rights defenders globally, who also endure intimidation, harassment and criminalisation. In
response to these pressing issues, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
developed a guide to help businesses incorporate environmental impacts into their human rights due
diligence processes (UNDP, 2023).
Research Guidance:
The company describes an example of the specific actions taken or to be taken to mitigate (potential) human rights risks associated with the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the last three years. These measures must be linked to the company's regular operations and respond to concrete community or individual issues.
environment a universal human right (UN, 2021). However, business activities and infrastructure
projects often expose local communities to heightened environmental risks and adverse effects. This
challenge is further exacerbated by the violent and sometimes fatal assaults faced by environmental
human rights defenders globally, who also endure intimidation, harassment and criminalisation. In
response to these pressing issues, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has
developed a guide to help businesses incorporate environmental impacts into their human rights due
diligence processes (UNDP, 2023).
Research Guidance:
The company describes an example of the specific actions taken or to be taken to mitigate (potential) human rights risks associated with the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the last three years. These measures must be linked to the company's regular operations and respond to concrete community or individual issues.
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