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Name of Resource | 1. NBIM Investor Expectations on Children’s Rights |
Type | Policy |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Enacting authority | Norges Bank Investment Management, a unit of the Central Bank of Norway |
Entry into force / date of approval | 14 January 2008 |
Description | The Norges Bank Investment Management Investor Expectations on Children’s Rights specify investor expectations for corporate performance with regard to preventing child labour and promoting children’s rights. They are especially directed towards corporations operating in high-risk sectors and high-risk countries. The expectations are based on criteria for preventive corporate action in regard to the worst forms of child labour, sustaining of the minimum age for labour, and promotion of children’s welfare. The Norges Bank Investment Management Investor Expectations on Children’s Rights strives to serve as a reference for investors who adhere to the principles of responsible investment, and can be used as an indicator of best business practices by corporations globally. The primary function of the expectations is not to blacklist or rank companies, but to serve as a point of departure for constructive dialogue between investors and companies, and to set a clear standard that companies globally must be expected to live up to. |
Availability | ENG: https://www.nbim.no/globalassets/documents/ownership/2008/expectations-childrens-rights.pdf |
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Name of Resource | 2. Walk the talk: Ensuring socially responsible public procurement |
Type | Policy |
Country / jurisdiction | Norway |
Enacting authority | Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi), on request from the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion |
Entry into force / date of approval | 2014 |
Description | The aim of the guide is to help public organizations integrate and mainstream socially responsible public procurement criteria in the procurement process. This will aid the promotion of workers’ and human rights protection in the manufacturing of goods for public organizations. The function of the socially responsible public procurement criteria is to request and verify that suppliers to public organizations, have socially responsible supply chain management systems in place. Difi also has information, tools and templates for public procurement and human rights: https://www.anskaffelser.no/public-procurement/socially-responsible-public-procurement |
ENG: http://www.respect.international/walk-the-talk-ensuring-socially-responsible-public-procurement/ |