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Indigenous Peoples are the original inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs on the lands now known to settlers as Canada, and they provide unique solutions and perspectives to present-day challenges and opportunities. Jeff is a father, husband, entrepreneur, proud Ojibwe, and Founder of Animikii, a digital agency empowering Indigenous-focused organizations to leverage technology for cultural, economic and social impact. Jeff is passionate about building a business that affects positive change for Indigenous Peoples, and the world. Jeff is a father, husband, entrepreneur, proud Ojibwe and Founder of Animikii, a digital agency empowering Indigenous-focused organizations to leverage technology for cultural, economic and social impact. Jeff is passionate about building a business that affects positive change for Indigenous Peoples, and the world.
SDG Topics: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure / Reduced Inequalities / Sustainable Cities & Communities.

Aims to familiarize Global Compact Local Network representatives with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and provide an introduction to the National Human Rights Institutions as potential partners for advancing Human Rights at the local level. The first webinar features panelists from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Compact Network Germany, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. The second webinar includes presentations from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Global Compact Network Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

Explores how businesses can responsibly manage the human rights impacts of their own water-intensive operations and/or supply chains. In particular, the webinar examines the specific challenges around potential human rights impacts on communities that have inadequate water supplies or that are located in water-stressed areas. As well as analysing how responsible companies can best respect international standards around the right to water and sanitation, the webinar also explores related corporate projects in this area – as well as their outcomes.
SDG Topics: Clean Water and Sanitation / Reduced Inequalities.

Co-hosted by the UN Global Compact and the Measuring Business and Human Rights Project, this webinar explores the trend of benchmarking, the progress that has resulted to date and how this trend is helping companies meet their responsibility to respect human rights under the Guiding Principles.
SDG Topics: Decent Work & Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework gives comprehensive guidance for companies to report on how they respect human rights in line with the UN Guiding Principles. UN Global Compact signatories can use the UNGP Reporting Framework to meet their reporting requirement with respect to the Human Rights element of the UN Global Compact's Communication on Progress. This webinar explores how business can use the Framework to report in a meaningful way on human rights risks and impacts, and provides examples of how the Framework is being used to support internal management of human rights issues. The webinar also features perspectives from companies that have used the Framework.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities / Responsible Consumption and Production / Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions.

This hour-long webinar explores what the rule of law means for business, as well as the rationale for private sector engagement in these issues. Having the rule of law means that all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the state are accountable to just, fair and equitable laws and are entitled, without discrimination, to equal protection of the law. During the webinar a range of actions that business can and do take to support the rule of law is reviewed, specifically in regards to Myanmar.
SDG Topics: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

This webinar explores how corporate sustainability personnel can and are influencing their colleagues, playing a proactive role to help their organizations meet the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and create shared value for their business and society. The webinar features an interview with Christine Bader, the author of a recently released book on an idealist working inside corporations to advance Human Rights. Additionally, corporate perspectives on winning over colleagues to the human rights agenda are featured as well as effective strategies for change from within.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Decent Work and Economic Growth / Partnerships for the Goals.

Changing demographics in countries pose a challenge and opportunity for businesses in the workplace, marketplace and community. Co-hosted by the UN Global Compact and AARP, this webinar will explore how business can responsibly engage older persons as workers, consumers and beyond. The webinar will also illustrate some of the concrete ways in which companies can respect and support the rights of older persons.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities .

Frequently, human rights impacts experienced by peoples and communities are cumulative impacts, that is, the result of the combined actions of several companies or other actors. However, these impacts may not be picked up by corporate risk assessments, or may not be viewed through a human rights lens; further, government action may be lacking. How should a responsible company identify and address its incremental contribution to a cumulative human rights impact? How can it engage with other contributors, whether other companies, government or others to mitigate remaining impact? This webinar addresses challenges and best practices in respect of cumulative human rights impacts.
SDG Topics: Decent Work & Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

As a result of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, businesses regardless of sector are paying greater attention to the actual and potential human rights impacts of their operations and business relationships on stakeholders. This webinar co-hosted by the UN Global Compact and the Danish Institute for Human Rights explored the various types of Human Rights Impact Assessments, including company, community and sector-based, analyzing both the impetus behind the assessments as well as lessons learned.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Showcases business initiatives that were nominated for the Business Leader’s Award to Fight Human Trafficking, which aims to identify and recognize good business practices for preventing and tackling human trafficking. The second in a series, this webinar explores innovative business approaches in the travel and tourism sector, with nominees sharing their good practices, challenges and lessons learned in preventing and mitigating the risks of human trafficking.
SDG Topics: Gender Equality / Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities / Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions.

Co-hosted by the UN Global Compact, the CEO Water Mandate and Shift, this webinar explored the key components of the Guidance for Companies on Respecting the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and how companies can adopt a human rights lens to water stewardship efforts.
SDG Topics: Clean Water and Sanitation / Reduced Inequalities / Partnerships for the Goals.

Addresses the issue of how responsible businesses can ensure that their procurement of minerals does not profit armed groups in producer countries, or provide such groups with incentives to control strategic mining areas and trading routes through violent means. In particular, the webinar examines the risks posed by conflict minerals to multi-national corporations (MNCs); for example, in terms of relevant legal requirements in the United States or the protection of company reputations. Additionally, the webinar explores suggested good practices to help MNCs mitigate these risks, including supply-chain due diligence and traceability initiatives.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Responsible Consumption & Production / Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

Addresses how businesses can operate responsibly in conflict-affected or fragile countries and weak governance zones to ensure that operations contribute to peace-building. Suggested best practices to help companies mitigate the risks of operating in conflict-affected environments are also explored.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

Explores how responsible businesses can best respect the right to privacy of customers, employees and other relevant stakeholders – whilst protecting their own legitimate legal and commercial interests. In particular, the webinar examines the challenges faced by companies operating in locations where the right to privacy is inadequately protected and/or is undermined by local law – with a focus on ‘higher risk’ sectors such as information technology and telecommunications. This includes an examination of how responsible companies are responding to state-backed mass surveillance programs in key jurisdictions – as well as the expanding use of digital surveillance in countries with poor human rights records.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

Explains the importance of integrating human rights considerations into M&A processes and provides guidance on how companies can do so. The webinar will also features reflections from two companies on their lessons learned.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

Addresses the relationships between businesses and the communities in which they operate, focusing specifically on the extractive industry. Business arguments for proactive and robust human rights due diligence are presented, and participants explore how even unanticipated and unintentional impacts on the rights of local people can pose risks to a company’s productivity, reputation and social license to operate in a region. Panelists shared practices taken to avoid negatively impacting the human rights of local populations and lessons learned that apply across sectors.
SDG Topics: Decent Work & Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

In March 2017, the ILO Governing Body adopted a revised version of the MNE Declaration. Provisions on the elimination of child labour and other fundamental principles have been added. It also provides guidance on due diligence processes in achieving decent work, sustainable business, and more inclusive growth; particularly relevant for the achievement of SDG 8 and other decent work related goals and targets. This webinar explores the revised MNE Declaration and its range of operational tools, and how the Child Labour Platform promotes its principles. --> Requires installation of WebEx application to view.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities / Responsible Consumption and Production.

This webinar introduced LGBT human rights from the UN perspective, including increased attention to the issue since the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 17/19 – the first UN resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity. The webinar also presented examples of businesses working to respect and support LGBT human rights in line with UN goals and the tangible benefits they realize as a result.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.

Jointly hosted by the UN Global Compact, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), this webinar will provide an overview of the increasing restrictions faced by civil society and human rights defenders, explore some of the drivers and benefits of business action in their support and protection, and discuss emerging good practices related to business and human rights defenders.
SDG Topics: Reduced Inequalities / Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

Explores the requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act and its implications for UN Global Compact business participants who conduct business in the UK. It also offers good practice approaches that companies can take to address human rights risks.
SDG Topics: Decent Work and Economic Growth / Reduced Inequalities.