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I wanted to draw your attention to a major study that the European Commission has recently issued terms of reference for, as I thought it might be of interest to a number of your members. It is intended to support the work of Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Business and Human Rights, by exploring the current environmental and human rights obligations of EU-domiciled companies in their overseas operations under EU, national, and international law, with a view to developing policy proposals at the EU level. The EC is going to announce the successful tenderer very soon – the link to the winning team once that announcement is made will be posted then. Meanwhile, the tender can be found here:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=3334

Besides, Professor Ruggie gave a speech last this month at an EU Presidency conference held in Stockholm on extraterritorial jurisdiction. The speech refers to some comparative work we are undertaking, including in the area of the environment. The speech can be found here.

Finally, I would like to draw your attention on a joint EU Presidency statement from the meeting of the Swedish and Spanish governments on the role of the EU in promoting and importantly regulating CSR,  including implementing Professor Ruggie’s ”Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. The joint statement can be found here.

For those who may be interested, John Ruggie’s web portal is available at:

http://www.business-humanrights.org/SpecialRepPortal/Home

Rachel Davis (Legal advisor to Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights)

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