1. Human Rights management from the Spanish Network perspective 24th January 2011 Valentine Papeians de Morchoven Responsible for Human Rights – GC Network Spain

2. Index Format used How to motivate companies? Success factors experienced

3. Format used OBJECTIVE To create a forum for discussion and exchange experiences After the debate, the goal is to reach a consensus on the proposed topics PARTICIPANTS Businesses NGOs Academic Institutions Labor Unions Business Associations Forum for discussion - Square Tables TOPICS The implementation of Principles 1 & 2:Human Rights in companies and supply chains Human Rights as a Business Priority Code of Conduct: a Tool for Business Management Equality and Diversity

4. OBJECTIVE To promote an exchange of good practices on each Principle PARTICIPANTS Businesses NGOs Academic Institutions Labor Unions Business Associations Learning forum - Implementation Cases TOPICS Good Practices about the Implementation of the Code of Conduct How to incorporate the Principles related to Human Rights to Business Management ? The Responsible Management of the Supply Chain Internal Communication : a Tool to Implement CSR Promoting work and family balance Forced Labour and Child Labour: a risk in the supply chain Format used

5. OBJECTIVE To hold meetings with experts in supply chain management so to exchange better ideas and key solutions To publish conclusions and make them available to organisations PARTICIPANTS Large Companies Small and Medium Enterprises NGOs Working group LEARNINGS To facilitate the inclusion of suppliers as part of the transversal management of an entity To respond to the growing interest of companies in the responsible management of the supply chain To provide keys to identify risks in the supply chain and solutions for its control Format used

6. Support GC Human Right Initiatives Breakfast with the Media Presentation of the conclusions obtained from the COP on Human Rights Principles Presentation of the latest UNGC’s initiatives on Human Rights Presentation of the Spanish Network activities to implement the Human Rights Principles Communication to Spanish members of the following initiatives: A Call to Action, CEO Statement, Women Empowerment Principles, Human Rights Business – a Policy Initiative, Children Principles, etc. 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Format used International initiatives Others

7. How to motivate companies? Asking about their difficulties in Human Rights implementation through surveys Working on concrete cases Facing stakeholders interests and opinions Presenting solutions and ideas

8. Success factors experienced Growing implementation of Human Rights Policies (91% - 2% more than last year) Employees, clients and suppliers are the priority stakeholders for Human Rights strategy Decreasing investment in local communities (71% - 14% less than last year) Large companies SMEs The most used policies are the Code of Conduct (24%) and internal management policies (20%) Growing implementation of concrete actions (88%), however they can´t always be considered very practical 5% of the measurement outcomes are informal (no concrete measures – total 77%)

9. Global Compact Network Spain asociacion@pactomundial.org www.pactomundial.org Valentine Papeians de Morchoven Thank you!