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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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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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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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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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Business Investment in Children's Education: A mapping study
During 2017, Global Child Forum initiated a project aiming at demonstrating how investments in education leads to positive pay-offs not only for the community but also for business. Rightshouse was engaged to carry out the mapping exercise and deliver a d
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Buenas prácticas en la aplicación de los Derechos del Niño y Principios Empresariales: Sistematización de experiencias en América Latina
Children and adolescents play a fundamental role in the creation of our society and each must have the opportunity to live in a country brimming with opportunities. The capacity with which companies can positively or negatively influence children and adol
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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 the South America
In an effort to provide insights and guidance on how businesses protect – or fall short in protecting – children’s rights in South America, this report draws on one of Global Child Forum’s essential research products ‘The corporate sector and children’s r
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Global Child Forum Report, Stockholm 2018
Global Child Forum 2018 was held at the Stockholm Royal Palace. Over 300 participants from around the world gathered to discuss child rights issues. Participants represented global companies, financial institutions, civil society, the UN, academia and gov
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Standard Chartered: Empowering girls to be agents of change
Standard Chartered is a leading international banking group. Many of the locations in which they operate are low-income countries with high levels of gender inequality. The bank is, therefore, taking action to make positive social and economic contributio
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AstraZeneca: Investing in the health of adolescents
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca focuses its global community investment on the pressing challenge of preventing non-communicable diseases. They do this by targeting adolescents health and major risk behaviours such as tobacco and alcohol use and unheal
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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