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This new tool helps businesses protect children's rights

15 April Apr 2016 1627 15 April 2016
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Businesses can do more to protect children's rights. With the Children's Rights and Business Atlas, this has become easier. The new interactive tool developed by UNICEF and the Global Child Forum provides analysis and data across 198 countries and 10 industries that will help companies to realise their significant potential to respect and support children’s rights throughout their business operations and investments.

Businesses are often called upon to have corporate social responsibility. With the new tool designed by UNICEF and the Global Child Forum, the Children’s Rights and Business Atlas is an interactive, data-driven platform that enables companies to realise their significant potential to respect and support children’s rights throughout their business operations and investments.

Through indices, global interactive maps and country scorecards, the Atlas provides a quantitative assessment on the degree to which children’s rights are protected within 198 countries and territories and across 10 business industries.

Not only that, but the atlas provides an average national picture based on multiple data sources, and is meant to encourage businesses to investigate in what ways they may impact children’s rights.

At the core of the Atlas are the Children's Rights and Business Principles (the Principles): a 10-point charter that sets out actions that companies can take to respect and support children’s rights.

The Principles guide companies on the range of actions that can be taken in the workplace, marketplace and community to respect and support children’s rights.

To learn more about the Children's Rights and Business Atlas, click here

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