Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Publisher
The Resource Centre is an independent non-profit, in a collaborative partnership with Amnesty International sections and leading academic institutions
Type
Websites
Industry
Media
Energy
Retail
Services
Consumer Goods
Chemicals
Engineering & Construction
Hospitality
Oil, Gas & Mining
Utility/Waste Management
Textiles
Government
Other
Category
Environment/Climate Change
Corporate Governance/Accountability
Transparency and Reporting
Global Governance and the Role of Business
Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace
Responsible Business in Emerging Markets
Discipline
Business Ethics
Language
English, French, Spanish
Free/Pay for content
Free
 

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has become the world’s leading independent resource on the subject of business and human rights.  The website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide – positive and negative. The Resource Centre seeks responses from companies to allegations of misconduct: thus ensuring that coverage is balanced and encouraging companies to address concerns raised by civil society. 

The website covers over 4000 companies, over 180 countries.   Topics include discrimination, environment, poverty & development, labour, access to medicines, health & safety, security, trade.The website links to a wide range of materials published by: NGOs; companies & business organisations; UN, ILO & other intergovernmental organisations; governments & courts; policy experts & academics; social investment analysts; journalists; etc .  The site contains materials in English, Spanish and French, and a few in Portuguese and German.