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Why Businesses Should Mainstream Children's Rights

Dr Pichamon Yeophantong, Vice-Chairperson, UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

11-Mar-25 09:30

Why Businesses Should Mainstream Children's Rights

How seriously do businesses take into account human rights, given the widespread adoption of the ESG movement? We discuss this with Dr. Pichamon Yeophantong, the Vice Chairperson of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, with a special focus on how much children’s rights are prioritised by businesses and why this should become part of corporate considerations.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar


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Categories:  the workplace,  Corporates,  managing,  Law/Activism

Tags:  children's rights,  esg,  human rights,  corporate responsibility,  people planet profit, 


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