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Whether you are a financial analyst or sustainability professional, you have the power to make sure your decisions have a positive effect on children’s lives.

You can make sure of that by incorporating children’s rights into the heart of your sustainability and business strategy. First, let’s find out if your company or investment has a benchmark score, and how well they’ve incorporated children’s rights into their business.

Learn more about The Corporate Sector and Children’s Rights Benchmark and our company universe here.

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Event: 1 December 2022

Global Child Forum at the Royal Palace

On 1 December 2022, Global Child Forum, on behalf of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden, is hosting an exclusive, invitation-only, global forum on children’s rights and business at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Together we create impact

2.2

TRN USD AUM

Investors are integrating Global Child Forum’s data on children’s rights into investment and stewardship strategies.

59%

of the most influential global companies benchmarked

In 2020, Global Child Forum joined the World Benchmarking Alliance and adopted the SDG2000 as our company universe.

LEADERS

With only 9 % of companies scoring as “Leaders”, our latest benchmark shows that many companies still have a way to go to fully recognize children as stakeholders and adequately address how their business impacts children’s lives.

Global Child Forum
has challenged our thinking,
broadened our perspectives
and brought new ideas
to our work.

Åsne Burgess Øyehaug

Former Social Responsibility Manager at Norsk Hydro

Improve your business

Global Child Forum's
Benchmark data helps investors incorporate children’s rights into thematic funds, active ownership and investment strategies.

CATHARINA BELFRAGE SAHLSTRAND

GROUP HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY AT SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN

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Top 5

Best performing companies

Since 2013, Global Child Forum has been benchmarking the world's most influential companies, assessing how they respond to children's rights. Our data can be used by corporates to increase their social impact, and for investors to inform their decision-making.

Choose your sector to see the top five scoring companies within the chosen sector, or search for a specific company result below.

Select sector:

Company Average score

Daimler

Adidas

Tata Motors

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)

Nissan Motor Company

VOLVO AB

Daiwa House Group

Charoen Pokphand Group

Mitsui

Itochu

Norsk Hydro

Bayer

Linde

DSM

BASF

OMV

Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

Neste

Iberdrola

Hyundai Engineering and Construction

Citigroup

Samsung Life Insurance

Munich Re (MEAG)

Itaúsa (Itau Unibanco Holding)

Wilmar International

Nestle

Olam International

Arla Foods

General Mills

Merck KGaA

Merck & Co

Abbott Laboratories

AstraZeneca

Novartis

Vodafone

Telenor

Deutsche Telekom

Samsung

LG Electronics

Marriott International

Cathay Pacific

Singapore Airlines

ANA Holdings

International Airlines Group (IAG)

Workplace

Marketplace

Community & Environment

Tools to make a difference

Benchmarks

How are the world’s largest companies responding to children’s rights?

To our benchmarks

The Workbook

Don’t know where to start? Learn how to respect and support children's rights in your business.

To the workbook

The Magnifier

How does your business impact children? Identify your knowledge gaps in ten minutes, and learn about related risks and opportunities.

To the magnifier

Business Academy

Want to become a Leader within Children's Rights and Business? Our programme focuses on peer-to-peer networking, collaboration and will guide you through a due diligence process.

To the Business Academy

Johan Öberg

Managing Director
and Senior Partner
Boston Consulting Group
Global Child Forum Board

The Corporate Sector and Children’s Rights Benchmark.

It is the world’s largest benchmark dedicated to measuring a company’s progress and processes on children’s rights in order to help companies have a positive impact on children’s lives. Explore our benchmark

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Recent News

Sep 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Global Child Forum and The PRI are driving corporate action to improve children’s lives

Global Child Forum benchmark data on children’s rights and business is a core pillar in The PRI’s human rights data, offerings investors an understanding of how children’s rights issues are being measured across sectors.

Sep 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Katarina Mellström joins Global Child Forum as interim Secretary General

Katarina Mellström has been appointed as interim Secretary General of Global Child Forum, taking over from outgoing Secretary General Cajsa Wiking.

Mar 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Vodafone, Telenor, Deutsche Telekom top Global Child Forum’s Tech & Telecom Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark

Stockholm-based Global Child Forum today announced the results of their latest benchmark report which takes a close look at the state of children’s rights within the Technology and Telecommunications sector.

Feb 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Global Child Forum announces availability of its research and experts on Verity, the first Sustainable Finance Platform

Nov 2021

PRESS RELEASE: Global Benchmark report 2021

Stockholm-based Global Child Forum today announced the results of their report, “The State of Children’s Rights and Business 2021”, showing that companies need to urgently address the implications of their climate actions on children.