Ghana- 1st- Non-financial reporting

By Daniel Morris | 4. November 2025

CHAPTER: 4 STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS

4.1 Strategies to achieve Key Objectives of the Three Pillars

4.1.1 Pillar 1: The State’s Duty to Protect Human Rights

Strategy 1.4: Enforce businesses’ compliance with Human Rights laws and mechanisms in the business environment

Activities: Ensure that institutions appoint human rights desk officers

  • Timeframe: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: NDPC, DPs, MDAs, MMDAs

Activities: Build capacity of human rights desk officers to report on BHR activities.

  • Timeframe: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: NDPC, DPs, MDAs, MMDAs, OAG&MOJ, MOTi, GEA, AfCFTA Secretariat

Activities: Undertake regular inspection of businesses on their compliance with NAP-BHR principles

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, ORC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs, GIPC

Activities: Publish yearly ratings and certification of businesses on their compliance with BHR principles

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, ORC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs, GIPC

Strategy 1.23 Strengthen compliance and enforcement of BHR Principles by multinational organisations

Activities: Undertake periodic inspection of multinational organisations on their compliance with OHCHR Guiding Principles on BHR

  • Time frame: 2025-2026
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, GIPC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MoFARI, SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs

Activities: Publish ratings of corporate entities on compliance with BHR principles

  • Time frame: 2025-2026
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, GIPC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MoFARI, SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs, Media

4.1.2 Pillar 2: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights

Strategy: 2.1 Strengthen periodic implementation and reporting mechanisms on business and human rights

Activities: Set up BHR desks and assign desk officers to be in charge

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MDAs, MMDAs, ORC, NDPC, CSO, PEF, AGI, PEF, GEA, GFZA

Activities: Organize Trainer of Trainers for BHR desk officers

  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MDAs, MMDAs, NDPC, CSOs, GEA, PEF, AGI, Trade Unions[EF1] [AB2] 

Activities: Publish ratings of corporate entities on compliance with BHR principles

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, GIPC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MoFARI, SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs, Media

Strategy: 2.1 Strengthen periodic implementation and reporting mechanisms on business and human rights

Activities: Submit annual report on BHR compliance to CHRAJ

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, OAG&MOJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MDAs, MMDAs, NDPC, CSOs, GEA, PEF, AGI, GEPA, MoTI