Corporate Due Diligence and Gender Equality

Jun 24, 2021 | NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment
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The field of Business and Human Rights has attracted growing attention in recent years as many cases have sadly illustrated that companies can cause, contribute or be directly linked to human rights and environmental harms, both in their own operations and in their value chains worldwide. From issues of child labour, forced labour, poor and unsafe working conditions, to environmental damage and the climate-related impact of corporate activities, all sectors are concerned and all internationally recognised human rights can be affected by corporate activities.Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has shone the light on the difficulties resulting from unregulated global supply chains and raised questions in terms of the human rights compatibility of business responses to the crisis.

Against this backdrop, important legislative developments are taking place at the domestic, European and international level seeking to mandate companies to take steps in order to ensure human rights, decent work and environmental standards are upheld in their operations and in global value chains, thereby also advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In the framework of the upcoming Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the newly created Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment is organizing a series of events gathering experts from different fields and representing various groups of stakeholders to discuss key issues pertaining to Business, Human Rights and the Environment.

Who: NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment

Where: Online

When: 24 June 2021  Time: 10:00 AM (GMT-03:00)