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National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

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Summary

This document sets out existing policy, presents the results of the consultations on the Ruggie Framework and describes the additional steps it is taking or plans to take. The guiding principle is that businesses have a social responsibility to apply the same human rights norms both in the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Issuer

Netherlands

Year

2014

Region

Europe

Issuer (type)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Government)

Instrument type

Action Plan

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Text analysis

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    • E focus: environment, land use, water, energy
    • S focus: collective bargaining, conflict minerals, discrimination, forced labour, human rights, recruitment, social impacts, compensation
    • G focus: business ethics, financial reporting, lobbying, responsible investment, risk management, corruption
    • Agriculture, Finance, Management, Manufacturing, Mining