New York, USA - This online human rights tool shows how to assess the effect a business may have on people's human rights and ways to change any negative impacts that have been reported or discovered. It contains online resources that relate to each of the seven HRIAM stages: preparation, identification, engagement, assessment, mitigation, management and evalutaion. It also provides information on sector-specific initiatives that address social and human rights issues within the relevant industry sector.

The HRIAM tool could, for example, be useful to businesses importing material from third world countries who wish to show their customers that they are sourcing responsibly.

The tool was created by the International Business Leaders Forum and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation with input from the United Nations. The website has a seven minute introductory video which we have linked below.

Salvo would be interested to hear feedback from any business using it, whether it was of use, and improvements which could be made.

IFC: Video about the Human Rights tool
IFC: HRIAM tool

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