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IICA organises Business and Human Rights Professional Programme

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..... IICA organises Business and Human Rights Professional Programme
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Dated:- 20-2-2024

Importance of human rights approach in achieving overall goals of sustainability emphasised The School of Business Environment, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), organised an inaugural programme of its flagship capacity building programme 'IICA Certified Business and .....

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..... Human Rights Professional' in Manesar, on 17th February 2024. The programme is developed in collaboration with the Business and Human Rights in Asia (B+HR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and supported by the European Union. Addressing the gathering, Shri Praveen Kumar, Director General and CEO, IICA, emphasised on the national instruments embedded within the Constitution of India an .....

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..... d other laws which promote human rights and he highlighted importance of ethical practices in business supply chain with particular focus on vulnerable sections. Prof. Garima Dadhich, Head, School of Business Environment focused on creating BHR champions within businesses. In her address in the inaugural session, Ms. Nusrat Khan, National Specialist BHR, UNDP, narrated the importance of human ri .....

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..... ghts in achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals as about 90 percent targets of SDGs are based on human rights. Ms. Shubha Sekhar, Regional Director, Human Rights, Coca-Cola, shared practical insights in addressing reputational and legal risks and a social licence to operate for businesses, and emphasised on clarity of role of business and human rights professionals in businesses. In his .....

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..... address on the occasion, Shri Viraf Mehta, Adjunct Faculty, IICA, highlighted the importance of human rights approach in achieving overall goals of sustainability. In his remarks on the occasion, Dr. Ravi Raj Atrey shared a brief overview about the three months online learning and certification programme by IICA on Business and Human Rights and announced the nominations for the upcoming third ba .....

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..... tch of the IICA Certified Business & Human Rights Professional programme through the IICA website www.iica.nic.in. The programme was attended by 30 corporate representatives from the domains of sustainability, business & human rights, CSR, human resources, etc. along with directors on boards of different companies as registered participants.
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