The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – shaping legal developments and market expectations

The UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights were unanimously endorsed in 2011. It was the first time the UN had issued official guidance to states and firms on their respective duties and responsibilities in relation to business and human rights and the principles were placed into the domain of “soft law”. The expectations set out in the UNGPs are now informing the development of national and supranational hard law requirements in a growing number of jurisdictions.

Participants

Caroline Rees, CEO and co-founder, Shift

Cecilia Ekholm, Ambassador for Sustainable Business, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Théo Jaekel, Corporate Responsibility Expert, Ericsson

The webinar is part of SNS Sustainability Talks and will be led by Mia Horn af Rantzien, CEO at SNS.