Business and Human Rights - From Obligations to Positive Impact

This course focuses on the role of the 'S' in ESG reporting, emphasizing the impact of business decisions on human rights and societal expectations for social responsibility. It addresses the challenges and opportunities in addressing human rights and the societal impact of businesses, as well as best practices to tackle social responsibility. The course also covers upcoming regulations addressing human rights due diligence and highlights how technology, particularly SAP solutions, can enable social responsibility across critical business processes.

• Introduction to Business and Human Rights
• Welcome to the course
• Manage your business impact on people and society - The rise of S in ESG
• Governance frameworks and human rights - Voluntary agreements to legislation
• From responsibility to accountability: sustainable business practices
• Navigating grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
• Social responsibility indicators - Reporting standards and frameworks
• Industries' perspective on human rights
• SAP's approach to human rights
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 1
• Business Impact on Society and the Environment
• Tackling inequality: an agenda for business action
• The ripple effect for positive impact - Business challenges
• Stakeholders in the context of business and human rights
• Human rights due diligence - A management approach
• Human right to a healthy environment - Addressing climate impacts & people
• The economy and human rights
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 2
• Business Impact - Own Workforce, Consumers, and Communities
• From governance to impact - Holistic and interconnected solutions
• Implementing human rights due diligence policies and risk management
• Manage workplace safety and occupational health
• Create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
• Product compliance as an essential element for human rights due diligence
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 3
• Business Impact - Workers in the Value Chain
• Responsible procurement with direct and indirect suppliers
• Supplier risk management and due diligence
• Human rights considerations for your external workforce
• Partner extensions for sustainable procurement
• Reporting and steering in the context of social sustainability
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 4