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Pobreza, Derechos Humanos y Ambiente

Corporate Accountability and Human Rights

This initiative promotes greater corporate human rights accountability by fostering the strengthening, compliance, and awareness of business environmental and human rights normative frameworks and standards at the local and international level.

Activities include:

  • Compilation of Corporate Accountability Standards
  • Raising the awareness of state actors on weaknesses and needs of existing legislation and controls over corporate activity impacting human rights and the environment.
  • Capacity building of business, civil society organizations, and the academic sector, on social and environmental business norms and standards.
  • Information dissemination to civil society on human rights and environmental impact of corporate activity.
  • Study and dissemination of information on social and environmental impact of industrial sectors.
  • Analysis and advocacy to strengthen enforcement mechanisms for social and environmental business norms.
  • Dissemination of information on access to justice mechanisms in cases of corporate violations of human rights and environmental laws.

 

Electronic Contact

You can contact the responsible for the initiative, Daniel Taillant , sending an e-mail to jdtaillant@cedha.org.ar

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