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UNAA Business and Human Rights Workshops

The UNAA Business and Human Rights Workshops Series, supported by AAR, seek to increase understanding of human rights and how they relate to business, enhance awareness of critical human rights challenges facing Australian companies in a global market; and foster a corporate culture of respect for human rights. The Workshops are facilitated by Vanessa Zimmerman, Former Legal Advisor to the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights and Business and Human Rights Expert.

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The workshops are an essential program for corporate responsibility and sustainability managers, investors, risk and compliance managers, and corporate lawyers on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles - the global standard of practice on business and human rights.

The workshops will build capacity to monitor and manage corporate human rights impacts and risks, and provide practical guidance on how to integrate human rights considerations into everyday business practices.

The workshops invite professionals from diverse backgrounds wanting to learn more about business and human rights and how to apply the UN Guiding Principles in practice.

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The workshops are a unique opportunity to learn:

• How human rights are relevant for business
• How human rights considerations can be integrated into everyday business practice
• What practical tools are available to help you operationalise human rights in your organisation

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Embedding respect for human rights into business practices is critical for risk management and the achievement of corporate sustainability objectives. In the face of legal, operational, commercial and reputational risks, business leaders are taking proactive steps to implement human rights policies, risk assessment and management strategies in core business and throughout supply chains.

This workshop series will provide participants with an understanding of the essential strategies and tools needed to develop and implement a corporate human rights policy and establish a human rights due diligence process in their own company/organisation.

The Australian Government supported the unanimous endorsement of the United Nations Guiding Principles in June 2011. The Guiding Principles are a global reference point for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business. They are relevant to Australian businesses whether doing business at home or abroad.

In particular, the workshops aim to cover:

  • the foundations of human rights and their relevance to business;
  • awareness of corporate human rights risks, impacts and opportunities;
  • knowledge of human rights norms and standards relating to business, including the UN Guiding Principles;
  • the business and legal cases for respecting human rights;
  • an overview of the benefits of a human rights approach to risk management and corporate responsibility;
  • the essentials of corporate human rights policy development and due diligence; and
  • an understanding of the challenges of impacting negatively on human rights through business relationships, such as supply chain management.

For more information please contact UNAA Victoria:
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