Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Acronym: BHRRC
General Information
Identification Code: 139172541931-81
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Entity Form: Company limited by guarantee
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 3/23/2021
Last Update: 9/5/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is an international NGO dedicated to advancing human rights in business and eradicating abuse.
We are a team of above 85 people, with over 25 Regional Researchers based in Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Kenya, Jordan, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, and the USA. They are supported by our two offices in London and New York.
We aim to amplify the voices of the vulnerable, and human rights advocates in civil society, media, companies, and governments. We help communities and NGOs get companies to address human rights concerns, and provide companies an opportunity to present their response in full. And we track the human rights policy and performance of over 19000 companies in over 180 countries, making information publicly available. We engage with companies and governments to urge them to share information publicly.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: • EU Commission initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance
• Directive 2014/95/EU (Non-financial reporting directive) and its review
• European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability (2020/2129(INL))
• EU Commission Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth
• European Green Deal
• Future regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• EU Commission flagship initiative on responsible supply chains in the textile sector
Communication Activities: • In 2018, we published a briefing, commissioned by MEP Lola Sanchez Caldentey, on key developments, human rights allegations and best practices in the European textile industry. More here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/european-textile-industry-and-human-rights-due-diligence-key-developments-human-rights-allegations-best-practices/
• We are a content member of the Alliance for Corporate Transparency, a project with the aim of providing evidence-based recommendations to improve and develop the EU NFRD. More information here: https://www.allianceforcorporatetransparency.org/
• BHRRC’s Executive Director Phil Bloomer co-authored a piece with ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow on EU Justice Commissioner Reynders’ announcement of the Commission’s initiative on sustainable corporate governance. More here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/something-for-europeans-to-celebrate-a-new-social-contract-begins-to-emerge/
• We co-ordinated an NGO letter signed by 45 civil society organisations to Commissioner Reynders in June 2020. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/45-csos-underline-need-for-robust-eu-mandatory-due-diligence-directors-duties-legislation-in-joint-letter-to-commissioner-reynders/
• We launched a business statement in September 2020 in support of an EU-level mandatory due diligence law. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/eu-mandatory-due-diligence/
• We launched a compendium of perspective papers on EU mandatory due diligence as part of the German Development Ministry’s (BMZ) EU presidency activities in November 2020. The 20 contributions from academia, public sector, civil society and business explore what meaningful due diligence and corporate accountability legislation should look like. More here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/towards-eu-mandatory-due-diligence-legislation/
• Co-hosted an expert talk in November 2020 on sustainable finance and its link to the corporate disclosure and mandatory due diligence agendas at EU level, with the European Responsible Investment Network (ERIN), Frank Bold, Global Witness and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights. The talk brought together experts from across business, civil society and public sector. More information here: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/webinar-explores-synergies-between-eu-sustainable-finance-corporate-disclosure-and-mandatory-due-diligence/
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Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: The Foundry, 17 Oval Way
Post Code: SE11 5RR
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office
Address: The Foundry, 17 Oval Way
Post Code: SE11 5RR
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data
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Complementary Information: We have a Development Team of five staff, who work full-time on fundraising and grant management. We do
not have any voluntary fundraisers working on our behalf, and we do not use external fundraising agencies or
commercial participators to deliver any of our fundraising.
Our approach to fundraising is driven by respect, honesty and openness. We respect the wishes and
preferences of all of our supporters and beneficiaries, and are sensitive to the needs of every individual. We are
open and inclusive to all, regardless of visible and invisible differences. And we are accountable for delivering a
high standard of fundraising.
We make every effort to ensure that our fundraising does not intrude on peoples’ privacy, that it is not
unreasonably persistent, and that it does not place pressure on anyone to donate to our organisation. The
Development Team monitors its own fundraising activities and presents its work to the Senior Management
Team and Board for evaluation and approval on a regular basis.
To strengthen our relationship with supporters, we continue to develop new approaches to supporter
engagement. By gaining insights from our supporter base through regular communication, we are aware of
what matters to our supporters and seek to align our database, technology and practices with supporter
expectations. We aspire to best practice in the way we engage our supporters, and our fundraising activity has
only generated complaints twice in the past ten years. We encourage any supporters with questions about our
fundraising to contact us.
EU funding to Cambodia (started in 2019) and Turkey (starting in October 2021) is funding project's implementation, not operating costs.
Membership Information
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Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 1
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/about-us/meet-the-team/
Organisation Members: NA