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Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

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Indicator Protocols Set: HR<br />

HR8 Percentage of security personnel<br />

trained in the organization’s policies<br />

or procedures concerning aspects<br />

of human rights that are relevant to<br />

operations.<br />

1. Relevance<br />

The conduct of security personnel towards third parties<br />

is underpinned by their training in human rights<br />

issues, particularly regarding the use of force. Training<br />

security personnel can help prevent reputational<br />

and litigation risks arising from inappropriate actions<br />

or approaches not condoned by the reporting<br />

organization. Information provided under this Indicator<br />

helps to demonstrate the extent to which management<br />

systems pertaining to human rights are implemented.<br />

This measure indicates the proportion of the security<br />

force that can reasonably be assumed to be aware<br />

of the organization’s expectations of human rights<br />

performance.<br />

2. Compilation<br />

2.1 Identify the total number of security personnel the<br />

reporting organization employs directly.<br />

2.2 Report the percentage of security personnel who<br />

have received formal training in the organization’s<br />

policies on, or specific procedures for, human<br />

rights issues and their application to security.<br />

This can refer either to training dedicated to the<br />

topic or a module within a more general training<br />

program.<br />

5. References<br />

• Commentary on the Norms on the Responsibilities<br />

of Transnational Corporations and Other Business<br />

Enterprises with Regard to Human Rights U.N.<br />

Doc. E/CN.4/ Sub.2/2003/38/Rev.2 (2003) Section C<br />

Right to security of persons para 4.<br />

• ILO Convention 29, ‘Forced Labour Convention’,<br />

1930.<br />

• ILO Convention 105, ‘Abolition of Forced Labour<br />

Convention’, 1957.<br />

2.3 Report whether training requirements also apply<br />

to third party organizations providing security<br />

personnel.<br />

3. Definitions<br />

Security personnel<br />

Individuals employed for the purposes of guarding<br />

property of the organization, crowd control, loss<br />

prevention, and escorting persons, goods, and valuables.<br />

4. Documentation<br />

Potential information sources include the reporting<br />

organization’s human resources department and<br />

training records received by internal security personnel.<br />

Contractors may hold similar information with respect to<br />

their employees.<br />

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