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Children’s Rights and Business Principles

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Children’s Rights and Business Principles

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Charting the course

Embedding children's rights in responsible business conduct

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Child rights in global supply chains

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Building Family-Friendly Workplaces

A Toolkit for Business

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Children’s rights in the cocoa-growing communities

Synthesis report

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Tackling childcare in Sri Lanka

The business case for employer-supported childcare

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Let’s make it work! Breastfeeding in the workplace

Using communication for development to make breastfeeding possible among working mothers

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Better business for children

Understanding children’s rights and the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh

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Understanding the impacts of pesticides on children

A discussion paper

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Palm oil and children in Indonesia

Exploring the sector's impact on children's rights

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The apparel and footwear sector and children in Vietnam

Children are affected by Vietnam’s apparel and footwear sector in a multitude of ways – as workers, workers’ dependents and community members.

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Child rights and textile waste recycling in Bangladesh

Research reports

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Children’s rights in the garment and footwear sector

Summary report (2017–2019)

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Addressing Children’s Rights in the Garment and Footwear Sup

A compendium of company and industry examples

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Children’s rights in the garment and footwear supply chain

A practical guidance tool

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Child rights and responsible technology

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Assessing child rights impacts

Implementing the D-CRIA Toolbox

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Taking a Child Rights-Based Approach

A contribution to the B-Tech project

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Guidelines for industry on online child protection

The Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative is a multi-stakeholder network launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to promote awareness

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Child Rights Impact Assessments

Developing global guidance

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Partnership announcement

UNICEF publishes recommendations for online gaming industry

These recommendations were finalized during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of physical distancing measures

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Child rights and business in the digital environment

Series of four self-paced modules covering foundational knowledge on child rights and business in the digital environment.

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Children's rights and digital business during COVID-19

Ten Core Messages

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Child rights and online gaming

UNICEF discussion paper

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Why businesses should invest in digital child safety

Digital products and services are providing children with tremendous opportunities to learn, share and communicate.

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Children’s rights in the digital age

Digital technology has changed the nature of children’s rights, in particular their rights to privacy, protection of data and freedom of expression

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Children and online privacy

Digital technology has changed the nature of privacy.

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Children and digital marketing

Discussion paper

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Children’s freedom of expression in the digital age

This briefing outlines the key threats to children’s freedom of expression in the digital age

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Children and digital marketing

Industry toolkit

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Privacy, protection of personal information and reputation

Discussion paper series

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Children's online privacy and freedom of expression

More children around the world are spending more time, in more ways, online.

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ESG and finance

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Corporate Reporting on Children’s Rights

A global review of the current state of children’s rights disclosures

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Investor guidance on integrating children’s rights

Into investment decision making

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Tool for investors on integrating children’s rights

Into ESG assessments

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Integrating child rights across the ASX

Safeguarding children: A new frontier for responsible investing and business.

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Child lens on ESG

A study of Nasdaq Helsinki companies.

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Tool for Investors

on Integrating Children’s Rights Into ESG Assessment

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Sustainability reporting on children's rights

UNICEF working paper

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Law and policy

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Responsible business conduct in global value chains

Why child-responsive approaches are key to achieve more sustainable and competitive trade

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The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

How to implement it for children’s rights

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Children's Rights in National Action Plans

A Toolkit for the Development, Implementation, and Review of State Commitments to Business and Human Rights Frameworks

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Obligation and Actions on Children's Rights and Business

A practical guide for States on how to implement the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's General Comment no. 16

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Children's rights and business principles tools

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Children's rights in policies and codes of conduct

A tool for companies

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Children's rights in impact assessments

A guide for integrating children’s rights into impact assessments and taking action for children

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Children are everyone's business - workbook 2.0

A guide for integrating children’s rights into policies, impact assessments and sustainability reporting

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Children's rights in sustainability reporting

A guide for incorporating children’s rights into GRI-based reporting

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Sustainability reporting on children's rights

UNICEF working paper

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Engaging stakeholders on children's rights

A tool for companies

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Operational-level grievance mechanisms fit for children

Discussion paper

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Child safeguarding toolkit for business

A step-by-step guide to identifying and preventing risks to children who interact with your business

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Extractive resources

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Children's rights and the mining sector

UNICEF Extractive Pilot

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Oil and gas scoping study

UNICEF extractive pilot

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Child rights and mining toolkit

Best practices for addressing children’s issues in large-scale mining

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Child rights and security checklist

Children and young people are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of physical security arrangements.

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Child rights and security handbook

An implementation companion to the child rights and security checklist

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Children’s Rights and Business Principles

Child rights in global supply chains

Child rights and responsible technology

ESG and finance

Law and policy

Children's rights and business principles tools

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