Status of Human Rights Performance of Finnish Companies

SIHTI (Status of Human Rights Performance of Finnish Companies) is a project under the Government of Finland’s research, analysis and assessment activities.

The purpose of SIHTI is to obtain a comprehensive and in-depth overview of how Finnish companies are fulfilling their human rights responsibility, i.e. how they have implemented the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The information is relevant to policy makers and authorities, companies themselves, and other stakeholders such as researchers, investors, and NGOs. The methodology of the project is the international Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB).

The SIHTI project focuses on three research questions:

1. What is the status of the human rights responsibility among the Finnish companies under review?
2. What are the main challenges for companies to publish information on the fulfilment of their human rights responsibilities?
3. How suitable is the CHRB methodology as a monitoring tool in the Finnish context?