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Shift’s library has a growing collection of resources, tools and reports designed to help a variety of stakeholders put the UN Guiding Principles into practice. By default, resources are listed chronologically. You can use the search bar to look for titles by keyword or author, or use the filters below to search by change agent, thematic expertise, pillar of the UN Guiding Principles and/or date. Looking for Valuing Respect tools and resources? Visit the dedicated library of resources of the project, here.
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Living Wage Accounting Model and Progress Tool
The Living Wage Accounting Model provides organizations with the means to measure and articulate progress towards payment of a living wage for their own employees, contractors, and workers in the first tier of their supply chain, by demonstrating the year-on-year movement of workers towards living wages.
Understanding business impacts on people: the complementary approaches of ‘business and human rights’ and ‘social and human capital’
The fields of ‘business and human rights’ and ‘human and social capital’ address the management and measurement of business impacts on people – but there is often confusion about where these approaches overlap and where they diverge. This paper sets out the key similarities and differences between the two approaches and outlines how they can be applied together to inform business decision-making. This includes a closer look at terminology, outcomes and impacts, and their shared focus on people.
Indigenous Rights and Financial Institutions: Free, Prior and Informed Consent, Just Transition and Emerging Practice
This paper captures key takeaways from Shift's Financial Institutions Practitioners Circle (FIs Circle) session on Indigenous Peoples rights, focusing on the responsibility to obtain and maintain FPIC. This focus reflects the importance of FPIC as a process to safeguard Indigenous Peoples rights to self-determination, to participation, and to their lands, territories and resources.
Designing an EU Due Diligence Duty that Delivers Better Outcomes
In our latest report, From Policing to Partnership: Designing an EU Due Diligence Duty that Delivers Better Outcomes, we set out clear recommendations to better align the core content of the duty to do due diligence in the draft Directive with the authoritative international standards for sustainability due diligence.
Climate Change and Human Rights: Avoiding pitfalls for financial institutions
This paper explores the nexus between climate change strategy and action by financial institutions and the responsibility to respect human rights in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)
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