<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br></div><div>As you can see below European Commission just released human rights guidance for 3 business sectors. I have helped COM and specifically IHRB with their piece of the work, and I know others on this list have also helped. Everything from more formal support to extremely good comments that have helped making the documents what they finally ended up being.</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> Patrik F�ltstr�m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> Head of Research and Development</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> Netnod</span></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:entr-csr@ec.europa.eu">entr-csr@ec.europa.eu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>From the European Commission: human rights guidance for 3 business sectors</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">17 juni 2013 18:23:09 CEST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:entr-csr@ec.europa.eu">entr-csr@ec.europa.eu</a>><br></span></div><br><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We are pleased to announce the publication of the <b>European Commission</b> <b>Sector Guides on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights</b>.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><img width="141" height="200" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="cid:ii_13f3d222c0c3589c" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image007.png@01CE6B87.B7A6C500"></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><img width="141" height="200" id="Picture_x0020_2" alt="cid:ii_13f3d2287cf6fc44" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image008.png@01CE6B87.B7A6C500"></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><img width="143" height="200" id="Picture_x0020_3" alt="cid:ii_13f3d2304e0f8991" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image009.png@01CE6B87.B7A6C500"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Download the Guides here: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6711&lang=en&title=European%2DCommission%2Dpublishes%2Dhuman%2Drights%2Dguidance%2Dfor%2D3%2Dbusiness%2Dsectors" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6711&lang=en&title=European%2DCommission%2Dpublishes%2Dhuman%2Drights%2Dguidance%2Dfor%2D3%2Dbusiness%2Dsectors</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Guides � for <b>employment and recruitment</b> agencies, <b>ICT</b> companies, and<b> oil and gas</b> companies � </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">were developed over the past 18 months by </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.shiftproject.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Shift</span></a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">and <a href="http://www.ihrb.org/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">IHRB</a> through extensive research and multistakeholder consultation with representatives from the three industries as well as governments, trade unions, civil society, academia and other experts. Read more about the Guides� development <a href="http://www.ihrb.org/project/eu-sector-guidance/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Each Guide offers practical advice on how to implement the corporate responsibility to respect human rights in day-to-day business operations in each industry through step-by-step guidance. At each step, they summarise what the UN Guiding Principles expect, offer a range of approaches and examples for how to put them into practice, and link users to additional resources that can support their work. They are intended to help companies �translate� respect for human rights into their own systems and cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks to all those who have contributed to this process.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span><br></span><span style="color: gray; ">CSR Team<br><br>European Commission<br>Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General<br>Unit ENTR.D.1</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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