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For World Health Day 2024, Global Child Forum examines how corporates can protect the health of children by prioritising the environment.

Are companies prioritizing children’s rights among all the other issues on the sustainability agenda? Learn more from our Global Benchmark - The State of Children's Rights and Business 2021

Johan Öberg of Boston Consulting Group shares his insights on what it takes to be a corporate leader on children’s rights.

A study showcasing Wilmar’s path towards a more sustainable business, and how to integrate a child rights perspective.

How large corporates integrate children's rights

In the final days before lockdown was introduced in the United Kingdom, CRIN hosted a panel discussion on surveillance and facial recognition at the Tate Modern where we addressed some of the risks they pose for children’s rights. Since then, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many people to move their lives almost exclusively online, as adults began working from home and schools resorted to online learning. Such big changes, however, raise basic questions.

As social distancing, quarantines and lockdowns have spread across the globe to slow the spread of coronavirus, they have imposed some of the greatest worldwide restrictions on public gatherings in living memory.

A score is only a snapshot in time. Knowledge, however, is dynamic. Explore and assess the resources below to help your company activate your commitment to children’s rights.

This case study on AstraZeneca demonstrates the company’s focus on global community investment in support of children’s rights.

A study analysing business investments in children’s education, with examples showcasing how companies can create positive outcomes both for their operations and the wider community.

The views from children in this booklet developed by Save the Children Sweden, are taken from several consultations with children about corporate social responsibility, the Children’s Rights and Business Principles and from child rights reporting, especially regarding the impact of the business sector. Children know a lot. Let's listen to them and take their views into account!

A guide developed by Save the Children containing information and ideas for consulting with children and young people and collecting their views on the Draft Children’s Rights and Business Principles. It takes the reader through a series of simple steps and  activities needed to get started and  gives tips to ensure young people's recommendations are accuratley documented. The guidelines can be adapted to suit the particular needs and preferences of the participants with respect to children's rights in the context of business activities.  Within this Guide you will find information about how to prepare for the consultation; important details/suggestions for ensuring young people's recommendations are accurately documented; various group activities to support discussion, learning and team building; and finally, some ideas relating to next steps and follow up.  This Guide also contains a list of required and recommended resources about children and young people’s participation.

This paper has been prepared to support you, children and adolescents, to better understand how business affects your lives, families, communities and also your rights. Within these pages you will also learn about the ‘Children’s Rights and Business Principles Initiative’ (CRBI), the first comprehensive set of global standards for child-friendly business practices, developed by Save the Children Sweden together with the UN Global Compact and Unicef.  Here you will find out more about what children's rights are, what is meant by the term 'children's participation', and the impact of business on the rights of children.  You will also find answers to simple and basic questions about the Principles and at the end there is a list of key words to help you understand the terms used throughout this resource.