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Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: a practitioner’s guidekit for SMEs on human rights compliance regarding the environment and labour
Author:Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Thomas Thomas, Terence Too Yang-Yau, Matthew Baird, Andika Ab. Wahab, Umavathni Vathanaganthan

Abstract
This GuideKit contains key texts, tools and case studies focused on the environment and labour. Topics covered include human rights due diligence, environmental risk management, assessment of recruitment agencies, operational-level grievance mechanisms and engagement with human rights defenders. It aims to provide SMEs with a ready-to-use reference publication that takes a practical approach to human rights compliance. Given this, sustainability actors, corporate counsel and human resource managers in SMEs can quickly turn to the relevant chapters to adopt the steps and methods proposed as their companies continue in the journey to implement their business and human rights commitments.
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| Author | Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Thomas Thomas, Terence Too Yang-Yau, Matthew Baird, Andika Ab. Wahab, Umavathni Vathanaganthan |
| Barcode | <000000011533> <000000011534> <000000011535> |
| Edition | |
| Place | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Publisher | AmerBon |
| Year | 2022 |
| Classification | Political-Security 103 - Human Rights |
| Call Number | 103 SOO b |
| ISBN | 9786299712305 |
| Language | English |
| Content Type | Text Book |
| Media Type | printed |
| Number of copies | 3 |