Business and human rights

Training

We conduct training and workshops on corporate human rights responsibility.

Training contents

What is corporate human rights responsibility?
How does our company benefit from this?
How is our business related to human rights?
How to get started with human rights issues?
How to manage human rights risks in a challenging country context?

From Theory to Practice

We facilitate and support companies in the practical implementation of human rights responsibility in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Let’s discuss best ways for your company to proceed.

Human rights commitment

We support companies in integrating a human rights commitment into their existing policies or in formulating a separate human rights policy document. We also support the operationalization of these commitments and provide related training.

Human rights risk mapping and assessment

We support companies in identifying and assessing their human rights risks. This can be done for the whole company, in relation to a specific area of business operations or in a specific geographical context.

Human rights risk management and monitoring

We support companies in developing human rights risk management and monitoring. Emphasis is given on the prevention and mitigation of the most significant human rights risks.

Human rights impact assessments

We carry out human rights impact assessments focusing e.g. on a certain area of business operations, a specific product, or a higher risk country context. The assessments conducted with mixed methods provide comprehensive analyses, conclusions, and recommendations for follow-up actions.

Grievance mechanisms

We support companies in developing functioning and safe channels for employees and other stakeholders to report on human rights risks and impacts, and their related concerns. We also support development of clear processes and practices for handling the reported cases and possible provision of remedy.

Feedback

"I was very happy with the level of expertise and the service I received. We gained completely new information about our target country, and consulting provided help us to understand more comprehensively various potential negative impacts in the target country. Our company’s size and resources were well taken into account in the consulting."

"The workshop was well prepared, and we received structured information on human rights issues related to the context of the project and business. The discussions during the workshop increased our understanding of key human rights risks. FIANT’s final report and its recommendations are clear and support well the planned assessment of the project’s environmental and social impacts. FIANT’s experts managed the assignment excellently."

"I thank for the great sparring during our organisation’s programme support application process. The end result was a positive funding decision and we also received excellent feedback on the application. You had an important role in ensuring the quality of the application."

"FIANT created an enthusiastic and constructive work environment in the workshops and produced useful and proficient analyses of the results of the workshops for us."

"With the experience of several assignments, FIANT has been our best partner in the field of development policy. Cooperation with Jaana and Elina is always a pleasure, from planning the process to the successful end result. Solid expertise and the ability to bring different actors together are their strengths."