Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
Preventing adverse impacts on workers, communities and consumers is one of the most pressing challenges almost every company faces. We seek to tap into the competitive nature of the market as a powerful driver for change in confronting this challenge.
Aim
Business can create jobs and secure livelihoods, provide products and services, support community development and provide tax revenue for the state to invest in the well-being of its people.
Yet, without a sound commitment to human rights and implementation through due diligence, jobs can be precarious with poverty wages, indigenous peoples can be dispossessed of their ancestral lands and individuals can be subjected to modern day slavery, amongst a range of other potential impacts.
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) provides a comparative snapshot of the largest and most influential companies in high-risk sectors, looking at the policies, processes, and practices they have in place to systematise their human rights approach and how they respond to serious allegations. This is a public good for all stakeholders.
2023 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
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See benchmark results from 2017–2019
Go to resultsMilestones
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Publish the 2017, 2018 and 2019 iterations of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
2017–2019
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First consultation for our methodology review
May–July 2020
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Publish the fourth Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
November 2020
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Publish our COVID-19 and human rights study
February 2021
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Second consultation for our methodology review
May–June 2021
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Publish our Methodology for the 2022/2023 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
September 2021
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Publication of the fifth iteration of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, assessing the automotive manufacturing, ICT manufacturing and food and agriculture sectors
21 November 2022
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Publication of the fifth iteration of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, assessing the apparel and extractives sectors
November 2023
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Publication of our Methodology for the 2026 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
October 2024
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Publication of our key trends report
November 2024
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Assess companies on a rolling basis
2024 onwards
Our research
Research and data is provided to the CHRB by:
- The EIRIS Foundation, who conduct the desk-based research for the CHRB. As a charity the Foundation has over 30 years of experience providing free and objective information on ethical finance and corporate activity to the public.
- RepRisk – a leading business intelligence provider, specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk analytics and metrics. RepRisk provides environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk metrics and analytics for the CHRB serious allegations assessments.
- Vigeo Eiris – a global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research to investors and public and private corporates. Vigeo Eiris provides the task group of analysts to carry out the data collection and assessment according to the 2016 CHRB Pilot Methodology.
- The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, who provide company response information from their database for the CHRB serious allegations assessements.
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As we build our work we continue to engage with stakeholders across the globe through targeted communications with key organisations and representatives. We also encourage meaningful and constructive feedback.
