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Pillar 1: State duty to respect human rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.5 [pages 31-32] The Ministry of Social Development will: Through the Division of Public-Private Cooperation, include the focus on business, human rights and sustainable development in training activities about Public Incentives to Benefit Social…

Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.5 [page 32] The Ministry of Social Development will: Through the Division of Public-Private Cooperation, include the focus on business, human rights and sustainable development in training activities about Public Incentives to Benefit…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.6 [pages 32-33] The Ministry for the Environment will: With the support of expert organisations, coordinate internal training at a national and international level, and at a macro-zone level in the Ministry of…

Pillar 1. State Duty to respect human rights Strand 2: Dialogue Action Point 2.4 [pages 34-35] The Ministry of Energy, through the Division of Participation and Dialogue, will promote the creation of formal and steady opportunities for dialogue between businesses and communities in localities where they expect to install energy projects.

Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights [pages 31-32] Action Point 1.4 The Ministry of Energy will: Through the Division of Social Involvement and Dialogue, within the implementation framework of the Indigenous Chapter of the 2050 Energy Policy, perform the following actions:…

Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 3: Inclusion and Non-Discrimination [pages 35-38] Action Point 3.1 The Ministry of Labour will: Perform a series of actions aimed at the protection and defense of human and labour rights of migrants through: The identification of migrants that may benefit from State programmes on labour…

1. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights 1.2 Activities in international organisations [page 14] Finland shall bring forward questions related to human rights in international trade and development organisations and direct its support to programs related to business and human rights as part of Finland’s support to international trade and development organisations.  

1. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights 1.3 Activities in the EU [page 14] Finland is involved in international work in UN decision-making bodies related to communication technologies (such as WSIS and the World Summit on the Information Society) as well as in other central international organisations (such as the Internet Governance Forum, IGF)….

The Finnish NAP does not make an explicit reference to Persons with Disabilities.

2. The State and Companies 2.1 The State as an economic operator Corporate Governance [page 22] The Ownership Steering Department in the Prime Minister’s Office has set a CSR reporting requirement for unlisted companies that are either majority-owned by the state or entirely state-owned. This also includes human rights. The obligation requires that companies submit…

The Finnish NAP does not make an explicit reference to Environment and Climate Change.

The Finnish NAP does not make an explicit reference to Land.

1. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights 1.2 Activities in international organisations [page 14] Finland will continue the dialogue related to the human rights impacts of business activities with the UN bodies for indigenous peoples and ensure that the effects of business activities on the realisation of the rights of indigenous peoples will be…

Introduction [page 11] The Finnish social contract is based on interaction and on an aspiration to consensus. The desire to include everyone is also part of the open interaction. In Finland, there has been a desire to construct a society based on equality and to develop methods and a culture is sensitive to the impact…

The French NAP does not make an explicit reference to Development Finance Institutions.

II. Business’s Responsibility to Respect Human Rights The International Framework 5. Employee Representatives [page 43] … The act on job security [Act of 14 June 2013] has several additional provisions for improving the information given to employees and reinforcing social dialogue in businesses and groups. Works councils must now be consulted on companies’ strategic goals…To…

I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The National Framework 13. The Role of Public Agencies [page 27] … In addition, the CNCDH recommended that “representatives of civil society and users of those services that are likely to be the subject of public-private partnerships (PPPs) be given a more central role as part of…

The French NAP includes a large number of references to the environment and climate change. A number of these include: I. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights Introduction [page 12] France helps reinforce human rights and social and environmental standards at the national, European and international levels, offering constitutional, legislative and regulatory protections ……

1. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The National Framework 13. The Role of Public Agencies The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) [page 28] … The owners of projects with the highest social and environmental risks are asked to implement grievance management mechanisms to deal with alerts, questions, recommendations and requests from all interested…