What Have We Learned From the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark?
Last week, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) released its inaugural results. The CHRB uses 100 human rights indicators to benchmark 98 of the world’s largest publically traded companies in three sectors (agriculture, apparel and extractives). A first of its kind, the CHRB provides a snapshot of progress towards the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and is a useful proxy for comparing progress over time both across and within in