

2022 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
21 November 2022

This fifth iteration of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses 127 companies in the food and agricultural products, ICT and automotive manufacturing sectors on their human rights performance. We assessed companies using our revised methodology, which was published last year.
Compared to previous iterations, this year’s benchmark devotes more attention to companies’ actual performance in ensuring that human rights are respected within their four walls and supply chains, rather than merely the commitments they have made. It now also looks at whether companies are engaging with stakeholders at various stages of their operations, their business models, strategies and risks, and whether or not they prohibit recruitment fees, which is a form of forced labour.

Key findings
Corporate respect for human rights is about human dignity. It is about the responsibility that companies have to not infringe on the human rights of others and to address any adverse human rights impacts that they find themselves involved in. This is crucial for achieving sustainable development.
After five years, we have seen that benchmarking companies on their human rights performance is helping to drive change. Under scrutiny, companies are feeling more accountable for their responsibility and have improved their scores. However, the pace of this improvement is very slow.
Corporate respect for human rights has gained momentum – the stage is set for regulation to speed things up
Despite the fact that our updated methodology has raised the bar, 66% of food and agriculture companies, 65% of ICT companies and 57% of automotive companies have improved their scores on key human rights indicators since being included in the benchmark. Regulatory action could provide the much-needed final push.
Read moreElevating human rights responsibilities to the board and senior management level appears to be key for better action on human rights due diligence
There is a strong positive correlation between companies' scores on assigning board responsibility for human rights as well as management and resources for day-to-day human rights functions, and overall human rights due diligence scores. Out of the companies that improved the most on human rights due diligence, 75% assign senior level responsibility for human rights and allocate resources and expertise for implementation and decision making around human rights.
Read moreCompanies need to translate their commitments to stakeholder engagement into meaningful action
Whilst 66% of companies in the 2020 CHRB committed to engage with affected stakeholders, this year’s results show that companies have yet to translate this commitment into action. The majority of companies still do not include stakeholders in the subsequent steps of a due diligence process.
Read moreCompanies are taking a hands-off approach to human rights in their supply chains
Whilst one third of companies expect their suppliers to respect human rights, the vast majority still fail to follow through with support or by monitoring progress. Only 11% follow through by working with suppliers on key human rights risks, such as child and forced labour or living wages. Just 2% assess how many people are affected by these issues in their supply chains and disclose progress.
Read moreIn the face of the climate crisis, companies with an effective human rights approach are better equipped to plan for a just transition
There is a clear positive correlation between a company’s human rights score and its performance in our 2021 Just Transition Assessment. Eight out of the ten highest-scoring companies from the automotive sector are also among the ten highest scoring on our just transition indicators.
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2022 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Insights Report
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Where are 127 companies headquartered?
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Title: Tesla
Place: United States of America
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Title: Texas Instruments
Place: United States of America
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Title: The Hershey Company
Place: United States of America
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Title: Tokyo Electron
Place: Japan
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Title: Toyota Motor Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: TSMC
Place: Taiwan
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Title: Tyson Foods
Place: United States of America
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Title: Unilever
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Volkswagen
Place: Germany
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Title: Walmart
Place: United States of America
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Title: Western Digital
Place: United States of America
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Title: Wilmar International
Place: Singapore
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Title: Woolworths Group
Place: Australia
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Title: Yili Group
Place: China
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Title: Yum! Brands
Place: United States of America
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Title: Marks & Spencer
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Mazda Motor Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: McCormick
Place: United States of America
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Title: McDonald's
Place: United States of America
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Title: Mercedes-Benz Group
Place: Germany
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Title: Microchip Technology
Place: United States of America
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Title: Micron Technology
Place: United States of America
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Title: Microsoft
Place: United States of America
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Title: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: Mondelez International
Place: United States of America
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Title: Monster Beverage
Place: United States of America
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Title: Murata Manufacturing
Place: Japan
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Title: Nestlé
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Nintendo
Place: Japan
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Title: Nissan Motor Company
Place: Japan
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Title: Nokia
Place: Finland
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Title: Nvidia
Place: United States of America
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Title: NXP Semiconductors
Place: Netherlands
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Title: Panasonic Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: PepsiCo
Place: United States of America
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Title: Pernod Ricard
Place: France
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Title: Qualcomm
Place: United States of America
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Title: Renault
Place: France
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Title: SACI Falabella
Place: Chile
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Title: SAIC Motor
Place: China
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Title: Samsung Electronics
Place: Republic of Korea
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Title: Seven & I Holdings
Place: Japan
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Title: Shoprite Holdings
Place: South Africa
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Title: SK Hynix
Place: Republic of Korea
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Title: Skyworks Solutions
Place: United States of America
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Title: Sony
Place: Japan
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Title: Starbucks
Place: United States of America
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Title: Stellantis
Place: Netherlands
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Title: Subaru
Place: Japan
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Title: Suntory
Place: Japan
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Title: Suzuki Motor Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: Sysco
Place: United States of America
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Title: Target Corporation
Place: United States of America
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Title: Tata Motors
Place: India
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Title: TE Connectivity
Place: Switzerland
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Title: Tesco
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Compass Group
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Conagra Brands
Place: United States of America
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Title: Constellation Brands
Place: United States of America
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Title: Corning
Place: United States of America
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Title: Costco
Place: United States of America
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Title: Danone
Place: France
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Title: Dell
Place: United States of America
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Title: Diageo
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Dongfeng Motor Group
Place: China
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Title: Ericsson
Place: Sweden
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Title: Ford
Place: United States of America
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Title: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Foxconn)
Place: Taiwan
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Title: Geely
Place: China
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Title: General Mills
Place: United States of America
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Title: General Motors Corporation (GM)
Place: United States of America
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Title: George Weston
Place: Canada
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Title: Glencore
Place: Switzerland
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Title: Great Wall Motor Company
Place: China
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Title: Guangzhou Automobile Group
Place: China
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Title: Heineken
Place: Netherlands
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Title: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Place: United States of America
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Title: Hitachi
Place: Japan
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Title: Honda Motor Company
Place: Japan
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Title: Hormel Foods
Place: United States of America
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Title: HP
Place: United States of America
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Title: Hyundai Motor Company
Place: Republic of Korea
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Title: Infineon Technologies AG
Place: Germany
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Title: Intel
Place: United States of America
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Title: Itochu
Place: Japan
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Title: Kellogg's
Place: United States of America
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Title: Kerry Group
Place: Ireland
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Title: Keyence Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: Kia Motors Corporation
Place: Republic of Korea
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Title: Kirin Holdings
Place: Japan
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Title: Kraft Heinz
Place: United States of America
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Title: Kroger
Place: United States of America
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Title: Kweichow Moutai
Place: China
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Title: Kyocera Corporation
Place: Japan
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Title: Lam Research
Place: United States of America
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Title: Largan Precision
Place: Taiwan
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Title: Lindt & Sprüngli
Place: Switzerland
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Title: Mahindra and Mahindra
Place: India
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Title: Aeon
Place: Japan
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Title: Ahold Delhaize
Place: Netherlands
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Title: Alimentation Couche-Tard
Place: Canada
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Title: Amazon
Place: United States of America
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Title: Amphenol
Place: United States of America
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Title: Analog Devices
Place: United States of America
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Title: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Place: Belgium
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Title: Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group
Place: China
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Title: Apple
Place: United States of America
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Title: Applied Materials
Place: United States of America
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Title: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Place: United States of America
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Title: Asahi Group
Place: Japan
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Title: ASML
Place: Netherlands
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Title: Associated British Foods
Place: United Kingdom
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Title: Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC)
Place: China
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Title: BMW
Place: Germany
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Title: BOE Technology Group
Place: China
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Title: BRF
Place: Brazil
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Title: Broadcom
Place: United States of America
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Title: Brown-Forman Corporation
Place: United States of America
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Title: BYD
Place: China
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Title: Canon
Place: Japan
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Title: Carlsberg
Place: Denmark
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Title: Carrefour
Place: France
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Title: Changan Automobile
Place: China
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Title: China FAW Group
Place: China
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Title: Cisco
Place: United States of America
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Title: Coca-Cola Company
Place: United States of America
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Title: Coles Group
Place: Australia
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Previous findings
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2020 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
This fourth iteration of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses 230 companies from the automotive, agricultural products, apparel, extractives and ICT manufacturing companies.
See 2020 findings