19 February 2021
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published a report on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on human rights in the private sector
Lexis®Library update: The study evaluates 229 companies across five sectors on a variety of topics including governance and policy commitment, human rights due diligence, purchasing decisions, and remedy and grievance mechanisms.
The report highlights that most companies still need to take further ‘steps to protect their workers’ and that they do not consider ‘human rights risks faced by vulnerable workers and local communities’.
The study can be found here.
Source: COVID-19 and human rights study
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