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Global Report Shows Alarming Decline in Corporate Responsibility Towards Children

795 COMPANIES WITH A COMBINED REVENUE OF 32.6 TRILLION USD EVALUATED Stockholm, October 30, 2023 – Global Child Forum and BCG (Boston Consulting Group) today announced that they are releasing one of their largest benchmarks on companies’ incorporation of children’s rights to date. The report, titled “The State of Children's Rights and Business 2023,” offers a thorough assessment of 795 companies across 28 industries and underscores a significant decrease in corporate responsibility towards children. Since the last report, published in 2021, the average score for all companies has

Majority of Food, Beverage & Personal Care Companies Fail to Address Children’s Rights

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 15, 2022 --  Global Child Forum, which produces the world’s largest benchmark on companies’ impact on children, today released its global report on the state of children’s rights in the food, beverage and personal care sector, which arguably has the largest impact on children’s health and well-being, from infancy and onwards.     The research was done in partnership with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which screened 310 of the sector’s largest brands across a set of 25 indicators covering governance, workplace, marketplace, and community & environment.   “Our

Global Child Forum at the Stockholm Royal Palace set to promote action to advance children’s rights

On 26 November 2015 His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf will inaugurate this year’s Global Child Forum at the Stockholm Royal Palace. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and Plan International CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen are some of the speakers taking the stage.The Global Child Forum will gather 400 influential international decision-makers from business, government, civil society and academia to address some of the most pressing issues around children’s rights and the corporate

Focus on children's rights when world leaders gather at the Global Child Forum

Press release Stockholm, April 11, 2014 Four hundred chosen leaders from the United Nations, child welfare organizations, multi-national corporations , financial institutions and academia are now targeting their focus on children's rights at the Global Child Forum. In its fourth year, the Global Child Forum will again be held at the Royal Palace in the presence of the King and Queen . Also the World Trade Organization's General Secretary, Roberto Azevedo, will present the effect of international trade on issues regarding children’s rights: - The crisis in recent years has hit many

Media invitation: Global Child Forum, April 11, the Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

The fourth annual Global Child Forum takes place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm in the presence of the Swedish Royal family. Once again the Forum will unite a group of some 400 leaders from international corporations, financial institutions, the United Nations, NGOs, academia and representatives from government to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing children of the world. Since its inception four years ago, the Forum has become one of the most important gatherings on children’s rights. This year’s theme is: “Partnerships for children´s rights - today and for the future”

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