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Global Leadership Network (GLN) Open Access Tool
This product shows the business benefits of sustainability by helping companies be more strategic about the CSR activities they choose to undertake and to achieve the greatest benefits of these through effective communication. The program provides tools and guidance to companies in designing integrated strategies and action plans, and helps them improve their transparency through guidance on best practice sustainability reporting, such as the Global Reporting Initiative. In particular, the program aims to promote better performance and reporting around community development, gender, labor, human rights, biodiversity, and climate change and more effective harnessing of the potential of the SRI market to reward companies who do so successfully.
Social and Labour Issues in Small-Scale Mines
Eliminating Child Labour in Mining and Quarrying
The document is intended to provide background on child labour in the small-scale mining and quarrying sectors where nearly 1 million children under 18 years old work. Initially the document provides an overview of small-scale mining, it's economic importance and in particular the role and tasks of child labour. This is followed by an examination of the main issues including: occupational health and safety; impacts on the living environment and social problems; regulatory aspects; poverty; and the neglect of education. Relevant international standards pertaining to child labour and the mining and quarry sectors are identified, and a number of successful projects to eliminate child labour in different countries are discussed.
Rules of the Game: A brief introduction to International Labour Standards
International labour standards are legal instruments drawn up by the ILO’s constituents (governments, employers and workers) setting out basic principles and rights at work. In today’s globalized economy, international labour standards are an essential component in the international framework for ensuring that the growth of the global economy provides benefits to all.
Good Practice Note: Addressing Child Labor in the Workplace and Supply Chain
The Note seeks to provide companies who are interested in the topic with a range of basic, good practice approaches that other businesses have successfully applied in addressing the issue of harmful child labor in their own workplaces and those of their vendors and suppliers.
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World NGO Resource Page
In order for NGO's to connect on a worldwide basis www.nonprofitexpert.com has developed the following resource pages listed below. Please follow links for countries and donors.
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) is an international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being. WANGO helps to provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner, share, inspire, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity’s basic problems.
United Nations Global Compact
The Global Compact is a framework for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption . As the world's largest, global corporate citizenship initiative, the Global Compact is first and foremost concerned with exhibiting and building the social legitimacy of business and markets.
Better Work
International Finance Corporation (IFC) Environmental and Social Standards
Report Finds That Most Corporations Fail to Address Risks That Threaten Long-Term Profitability
Experts in Responsible Investment Solutions (EIRIS) report on responsible business practices finds insufficient ESG risk management and inadequate disclosure and advocates PRI involvement for responsible investors.
Quantifying Labor and Human Rights Portfolio Risk
International Initiatives to Promote Responsible Business
This document aims to provide a user-friendly, balanced and impartial guide to help businesses to navigate their way through this maze. It seeks to articulate clearly the key aspects of three cross-industry initiatives.
The State of Responsible Business in 2008: Implications for PRI Signatories
This report explores the key environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities identified by the UN Global Compact of human rights, labour standards in the supply chain, environment and anti-corruption.
A Promise
This article describes the Alcoa efforts for the R$3.5 billion project to be seen as a model for responsible business in the Amazon.
Global Leadership Network (GLN) Open Access Tool
This product shows the business benefits of sustainability by helping companies be more strategic about the CSR activities they choose to undertake and to achieve the greatest benefits of these through effective communication. The program provides tools and guidance to companies in designing integrated strategies and action plans, and helps them improve their transparency through guidance on best practice sustainability reporting, such as the Global Reporting Initiative. In particular, the program aims to promote better performance and reporting around community development, gender, labor, human rights, biodiversity, and climate change and more effective harnessing of the potential of the SRI market to reward companies who do so successfully.
