Published 06-12-07
Submitted by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
June 12, 2007: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has launched its re-designed website, making it easier for users to get straight to the information they need on companies’ human rights impacts worldwide: www.business-humanrights.org
The new design makes it easier to:
The Resource Centre is an independent non-profit that encourages companies to respect human rights by bringing reports about their conduct "“ positive & negative "“ to a global audience.
Recent developments:
We now have 2 regional researchers in addition to our UK & US-based staff: Abiola Okpechi based in Africa, and Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah in East Asia. Funding permitting, we will add researchers in Latin America, South Asia, francophone Africa, Eastern Europe & Middle East.
Our site now covers over 220 mainland Chinese companies. We regularly add English summaries of Chinese-language reports by Chinese NGOs, companies, journalists and government bodies.
Over 80 experts are on our International Advisory Network, chaired by Mary Robinson. We have 20 Academic Partners. More about our work
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Website produced by Jamkit. Design by Arclight East. Thank you also to Toby Rubenstein & Garry Donnelly for technical advice.
The Resource Centre is an independent non-profit that promotes greater awareness and informed debate about human rights issues relating to business. Our website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ social and environmental impacts worldwide, including alleged abuses, positive steps, and company responses to concerns raised about their conduct. The site has sections on over 4000 companies. It also includes special resources such as all materials issued by the UN Special Representative on business & human rights; a list of companies with human rights policies; profiles of lawsuits against companies. Mary Robinson is Chair of our International Advisory Network. Visit the website for further details and to sign up for free Weekly Updates. See website for contact details of our New York office and team members in Hong Kong, India, South Africa, UK, Ukraine, USA
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