Soul Economy

Due to its increasing expansion, the corporate sector is arguably one - if not the - most important international influence on human rights. The positive response by the international business community to the recent release of the report by the UN’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Prof Ruegge, is indicative of the increasing [...]

Corporations can lift human rights standards where these are inadequate and not in line with international expectations; or corporations can abuse them, often as an unintended side effect of operations, sometimes through negligence and in ‘worst case scenarios’, intentionally to obtain unfair advantage.
For some business executives the shift from assuming that human rights protection and [...]

A top-level think tank of brand professionals, The Medinge Group, has released its
5th annual Brands with a Conscience list. The Group selects nominees on principles of humanity and ethics, rather than financial worth.
The evaluations are based on reputation, self-representation, history, direct experience, contact with individuals within the organizations, media and analysts, an assessment of the [...]

This workshop is suitable for anybody wishing to develop a better understanding of the relationship between corporate responsibility and human rights. It will be highly interactive and offer participants adequate time to interact with speakers and panellists.
Reasons for attending this workshop include the fact that the corporate sector has become the most important international influence [...]