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Selected human rights indicators in the context of current EU regulation: Towards more social sustainability in the financial and economic system

Part I: Minimum Standards

This briefing paper, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), develops 15 central indicators to represent a “minimum standard”. Indicators cover key human rights and key due diligence processes and were drawn from indicator sets widely used in practice; where useful we also suggest refinements of the existing indicators.

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Topic(s): Business and human rights, Children's rights, Climate change and sustainability, Development policy, Economic, social and cultural rights
Publisher: German Institute for Human Rights, Fair Finance Institute

Filesize: (PDF, 684 KB)
URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-81485-2
Number of pages: 52
Publishing date: 01/2022

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