{"id":205869,"date":"2015-05-27T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettsteder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/?page_id=205869"},"modified":"2019-02-14T09:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T08:51:25","slug":"human-rights-due-diligence-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teststeder.regjeringen.no\/ansvarlignaringsliv2\/courses-in-due-diligence-for-responsible-business-conduct\/human-rights-due-diligence-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Due Diligence 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offer to Norwegian companies: Business and human rights course<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s OECD Contact Point invites, for the second time, companies to participate in a course on Human Rights Due Diligence. The course aims at providing the business with answers to questions such as: Is our business at risk of violating human rights? How does this affect our operations? Where is this happening? Who are affected? What can we do to prevent human rights violations?<\/p>\n

The course, which is offered to approximately twelve companies, comprises three full day workshops. Each company will be provided with an additional eight hours of individual consulting from an experienced consultant, and participation is free of charge.<\/p>\n

Businesses increasingly face expectations that they become aware of, and work systematically with potential human rights risks associated with their operations. The Norwegian government\u2019s recent launch of the action plan for business and human rights is but one example. Child labour, hazardous working environments, union busting, demolished local communities, discrimination and forced labour are examples of human rights violations that, unfortunately, are not unusual in the value chain of Norwegian companies.<\/p>\n

Involvement in human rights violations can have great negative consequences for the company, in the form of unfavourable media exposure, reputational loss, internal disturbances, delayed processes and lost market share. Few businesses know how to proceed to determine their risk of being associated with human rights violations, and how to address such risks. Violations may be occurring through a business relationship with loose affiliations to the company, posing particular challenges in relation to risk assessment. What responsibility rests with the company in such situations?<\/p>\n

The workshops will be customised to meet the requirements of the participants and be of relevance for all businesses, including smaller and medium-sized ones. Through participation in this course, each company will develop a human rights due diligence process customised to its needs.<\/p>\n

Participants who attended the course in 2015 said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe course offered good teaching, interesting presentations and discussions, realistic challenges and tools for further work. Through the course a network of colleagues dedicated to the implementation of human rights due diligence was formed, and we look forward to continue this productive dialogue\u201d. Statkraft<\/p>\n

\u201cThis course created awareness of and general insight into a complicated area. The individual consulting provided opportunities for us to continue our work with issues that are specifically relevant for our business\u201d. Kongsberg Gruppen<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have come to understand that working with human rights does not have to be complicated\u201d. Mester Gr\u00f8nn<\/p>\n

Registration: complete the registration form<\/a> and submit as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Enterprises<\/h2>\n

Participants, Human Rights Due Diligence 2016<\/h3>\n

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Brynild Gruppen AS \u2013 Cermaq Group \u2013 Coop Norge Handel AS \u2013 Eltek \u2013 Eurosko \u2013 Jotun AS \u2013 Multiconsult ASA\u00a0\u2013 Nordic Choice Hotels \u2013 Norsk Gjenvinning \u2013 Ugland Marine Services AS \u2013 Varner \u2013 Voice Norge AS\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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