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Sustainability and ESG Counsel Emily Holland has been appointed to the U.S. Department of State’s Federal Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)’s Subcommittee on National Action Plan Implementation. The U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (NAP), identifies commitments to strengthen and improve respect for human rights and labor rights, expand use of green energy, counter corruption, protect human rights defenders, advance gender equity and equality, and promote rights-respecting use of technology through multi-stakeholder coordination, economic incentives, regulation and other activities. The NAP focuses particularly on expectations for business responsibility to respect human rights through effective due diligence.

The Subcommittee will assist the Federal Advisory Committee on strengthening coordination with the private sector and other stakeholders on RBC policies, programming and initiatives and tracking implementation of the NAP.

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