Malaysia- 1st- Non-financial reporting
THEMATIC PRIORITY 1: GOVERNANCE
UNGP PILLAR 2
No.: G2.5
Action: Whether mandatory or discretionary, report on the company’s efforts to ensure corporate accountability to human rights, including the implementation of HREDD and steps taken to identify, prevent, mitigate and cease adverse impacts on human rights.
THEMATIC PRIORITY 2: LABOUR
UNGP PILLAR 2
No.: L2.4
Action: “Know and show” human rights and fair recruitment due diligence processes through regular reporting and communications. Not only should companies gather and disclose information for the benefit of their boards, investors and consumers, but they should also ensure that company reports reflect actual practices on the ground. This may be done by assurance, audit and verification exercises conducted by trusted social auditors, assurance service providers and human rights organisations.
THEMATIC PRIORITY 3: ENVIRONMENT
UNGP PILLLAR 1
ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
No.: E1.10
Action: Provide free and easy public access to EIA reports and supporting documentation before development projects begin, in both urban and rural settings.
Output Indicator(s):
- Establish a centralised, free and publicly accessible Document Retrieval System with alternative retrieval mechanisms, ensuring that information is easily consumed and available in both English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- EIA reports are published an appropriate amount of time prior to the start of projects to enable meaningful community deliberation and updated or revised EIA reports are made available during an appeals process to prevent procedural manipulation.
- Businesses effectively demonstrate through documented eort that they have exhausted all means to ensure communities have received EIA reports, understand them, and have responded freely and collectively.
Collaborative Partner(s): Department of Environment (DOE); businesses; CSOs; IGOs;