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Children's Rights and Business Principles
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10 Children's Rights and Business Issues for Companies to Consider
To mark Global Child Forum's 10-year anniversary and to acknowledge the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Global Child Forum (GCF) asked young people and adult stakeholders what they see as the most critical issues for busi
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Children’s Rights in the Garment and Footwear Supply Chain: A practical tool for integrating children’s rights into responsible sourcing frameworks
The garment and footwear industry has the potential to contribute to social and economic development. However, decent work deficits, poor living conditions and discrimination undermine the industry's contribution to positive social impact. Children are pa
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Anatomy of a Toy: Impact, innovation, best practices and child rights- Webinar
Ethical Toy Program partners with Save the Children and the Centre for Child Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (CCR CSR) in this webinar to introduce the child rights and business principles in detail, child rights issues and responsible resourci
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In the Interest of the Child? Child rights and homeworkers in textile and handicraft supply chains in Asia
This study takes a child rights lens to the topic of work in home-based and small workshop settings in Asia. As homework often is associated with child labour, the topic is picked up rather gingerly, where at the same time some industries are infamous for
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Empresas y Derechos del Niño en América Latina
Después de un periódo de desaceleración económica, América Latina tiene buenas perspectivas económicas al comenzar el 2018, a pesar de este escenario optimista existen algunas variables importantes a considerar que se presentan en este estudio. Business
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Child Labour Policy: A child-centered approach
Despite the fact that businesses are more aware of and increasingly proficient in developing responses to child labour risks, our findings raise concerns around the actual impact of the policies in place and their implementation throughout operations and
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Buenas prácticas en la aplicación de los Derechos del Niño y Principios Empresariales: Sistematización de experiencias en América Latina
Con la intención de mostrar las buenas prácticas y el aporte de todas las instituciones involucradas, se presenta a continuación una sistematización bajo un enfoque cualitativo y descriptivo con elementos analíticos. Para la selección de casos, se estable
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Corporate Sector for Children's Rights: Guidance and Best Practice
Global Child Forum and the Boston Consulting Group initiated the Corporate Sector and Children´s Rights Benchmark study series in 2013, to fill a gap in the existing research on how the corporate sector addresses children´s rights, both within their opera
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Investor Insights on Children's Rights
Global Child Forum and GES International have surveyed asset owner signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2014, 2015, and 2017, in order to understand perspectives of the investor community on integrating children’s rights i
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Corporate Response to Protecting Children's Rights in the Nordic Region
In an effort to provide insights and guidance on how businesses protect – or fall short in protecting – children’s rights in the Nordic Region, this report draws on one of Global Child Forum’s essential research products: The corporate sector and children
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Corporate Response to Protecting Children's Rights in South Africa
In an effort to provide insights and guidance on how businesses protect – or fall short in protecting – children’s rights in South Africa, this report draws on one of Global Child Forum’s essential research products ‘The corporate sector and children’s ri
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Norsk Hydro Brazil's Journey Towards Social Responsibility
Norsk Hydro entered Brazil in 2011 with a long history of fostering healthy communities that grew up around its operations in Norway. The company therefore had no small sense of the responsibilities of being an actor with an enormous impact on the lives o