Ms Mary Lawlor:

I am thinking of the companies that are committed to human rights due diligence in a serious way. Sometimes one finds that there is a disconnect between corporate social responsibility and business and human rights. Corporate social responsibility is all about the company doing good things for the community in which they operate from the bottom down. Whereas the business and human rights approach uses the three pillars - the State, the company and the access to remedy. The State is very important in this because it is key lever to get its own house in order and for companies to become more aware of the UN guiding principles and how they should implement human rights due diligence. What the Senator said about communicating is important. We analysed 22 companies and our research will continue.