New reports offer practical guidance on human rights reporting for companies

A report by the Human Rights Working Group published today will form the basis for stakeholder consultation to be conducted in early 2010 on updates to the human rights elements of the G3 Guidelines.

The report represents one of three outputs from a collaborative project ‘Human Rights: A Call to Action’ launched last year to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by GRI, the United Nations Global Compact and Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative.

Two other project outputs are new reports that examine trends in corporate measurement and reporting on human rights performance and provide practical guidance for companies engaging on this emerging area of corporate citizenship and accountability.