IOE-KAS Webinar on UNGA Resolution on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment - Legal and Practical Considerations for Employers

Register to attend this online event offering the key findings of the report on 14 December 2023 from 8:30 - 9:30 am EST / 14:30 - 15:30 CET.

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The meeting will be held in English. Spanish interpretation will be available, provided there is strong registration of Spanish-speaking people.

Following the adoption of Resolution A/76L.75 "the right to access a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a universal human right" by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) are holding a webinar to present their latest joint paper: “UNGA Resolution on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment - Legal and Practical Considerations for Employers”.

This webinar brings together the IOE and KAS global networks to discuss new expectations from this UNGA resolution, including its legal and practical implicationsfor business, and highlights recommendations from the report on the way forward for employers.

Questions to be discussed include:

• Does an international right to a healthy environment exist under international law?              
• Can this new right be considered as a “fundamental human right” as per the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights?
• What are States’ obligations with respect to the right to a healthy environment?
• How can companies and Employer and Business Member Organisations best prepare for this “new right”?  

Please find the agenda in the Resources section.