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The Danish NAP makes no direct reference to extractives.

The UK 2016 NAP makes a reference to export credit in the Actions taken section [page 8]: “To give effect to the UN Guiding Principles, the Government has … implemented the requirements of the OECD 2012 Common Approaches, and considered relevant adverse project-related human rights impacts in providing applicable Export Credit Agency (ECA) support through…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   2.1.3 The State-business nexus Guiding Principles 4 to 5 Measure 10: Human rights due diligence by business enterprises covered by Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) and supported by Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) The OECD Recommendation of the…

Annex: Measures taken [page 22-24] The State as actor “Like other state-owned companies, Swedfund International AB (Swedfund) and the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) are required to comply with the government state ownership policy for CSR, as described above. Moreover, Swedfund and SEK have social mandates specially adopted by the Riksdag. Swedfund is required to…

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar II: The corporate responsibility to respect human rights 6. UN Guiding Principles in the operations of the Export Credit Insurance Corporation [page 32] “The Export Credit Insurance Corporation (KUKE) draws upon the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the course of the environmental procedure related to credit…

2.3 State ownership and practice for supporting the business sector Principle 4 concerns the business activities of stateowned enterprises and enterprises that receive economic support or other services from state agencies: 4. States should take additional steps to protect against human rights abuses by business enterprises that are owned or controlled by the State, or…

3.3 Clarifying due diligence Due diligence by government [page 27] “A point raised in the consultations was that the government should also apply due diligence to its own activities, for example in providing support for companies in the form of grants or other types of finance for activities abroad, export credit insurance and trade missions….

The Italian NAP makes no explicit reference to export credit

The German NAP contains a specific sub-section on export credit: 1.3 State support Export credits, investment guarantees and other instruments for the promotion of external trade [page 23-25] “The instruments of external-trade promotion in Germany provide assistance for German enterprises in accessing and safeguarding foreign markets. The range of instruments includes the provision of advice…

I – The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The National Framework 13. The Role of Public Agencies (pg 27) The NAP recalls the CNCDH’s 2013 recommendation regarding France’s export credit agency COFACE, namely the establishment of human rights due diligence procedures including exhaustive human rights impact assessments, better transparency and information, and better civil…

1 The state obligation to protect human rights 1.3 Activities in the EU [page 21-22] PUBLIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION “The publication of the UN principles and the update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in 2011 have had the effect in public export credits of increasing the amount…

State Duty to Protect 2.3 Actions Taken Companies that receive susbstantial support and services from State agencies [page 13] “The Environmental & Social Due Diligence Policy of the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF) states that EKF is committed to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Businesses and Human Rights (GP 4). Since 2007 Denmark has…

Action point 11 Ensure better coordination between federal and regional authorities in order to integrate human rights and social responsible entrepreneurship into public aid Assurer une meilleure coordination entre les autorités fédérales et régionales afin d’intégrer des critères relatifs aux droits de l’Homme et l’entrepreneuriat socialement responsable dans les aides publiques The NAP explains that…

Based on preliminary mapping, Belgium has identified “the fight against corruption” as one among seven principal tasks that the NAP will engage with. Action point 2 Prepare a brochure on grievance mechanisms related to public authority Elaborer une brochure sur les mécanismes de réparation liés à l’autorité publique This point briefly presents the issue of…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.3 Actions taken Protection of human rights through state regulation and policy [page 12] “Denmark works to ensure that companies involved in Danish development cooperation respect human rights and act responsibly within the areas of worker’s rights, human rights, environment and anti-corruption within the framework of ILO conventions, UN Global Compact, the…

1 The state obligation to protect human rights 1.3 Activities in the EU [page 16] NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING “On 18 April 2013, the European Commission made a proposal to amend the accounting directive for the disclosure of so-called non-financial information of certain large companies. The proposal shall be applied to companies of significant public interest with…

I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The National Framework 10. The Reinforcement of Legislation [page 23] … France also played a key role in developing transparency obligations for companies at the European level. It was the main supporter of the draft directive on non-financial reporting obligations, published on 22 October 2014, which requires…

4.1 Access to justice and the courts for injured parties Measures [page 38] “The IRZ Foundation established by the Federal Government will include in its consultancy programmes advice for partner states on the areas of procedural and substantive law with a significant bearing on business and human rights, focusing on the need to ensure access…

IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Administrative liability of companies “Furthermore to enhance the tool, a targeted collaboration between the Antitrust Authority and the National Anti-Corruption Authority has made it possible to increase the guarantee of the level of protection of human rights by businesses by configuring an additional tool of the business rating….

Objective 1: ensuring State’s duty to protect, defend and respect human rights [page 1] “The Government has the obligation to ensure the above mentioned human rights in these areas. Government’s actions and measures include legislative instruments aimed at the development of a legislative framework providing for responsible business practices and elimination of corruption in the…