Communications
Toolkit

Benchmark Report 2026

The State of Children’s Rights and Business 2026

Share the news of your success

You work hard to ensure that your operations are sustainable and you adhere to the latest reporting standards.

Transparency matters to you and your business. Why? Because consumers, investors, employees, media representatives – and families and children – all care.

Now it’s time to let your stakeholders know what you have achieved so far in terms of your company’s respect for children’s rights in your operations.

They are interested, and who knows, you just might inspire other companies, organisations and people along the way!

This communications toolkit is designed to make it easier for you to share your success. We’re proud that you are on this journey with us – and we hope you are too. 

Benchmark 2026

Ways to update your networks

In addition to sending out a press release and sharing on social media using the messages and images provided further down, we recommend the following:

  • Share your Opinion: If you have an active blog or newsletter, use it to highlight your benchmark score.
  • Annual Report or Sustainability Report: Share your benchmark score and children’s rights policies, programmes and performance in your reports to your stakeholders.
  • Let your employees – or those that you positively impact – tell the story:

Empower social media-savvy employees to use your organisation’s platforms, such as Instagram Stories, Facebook Live, and Snapchat to talk directly to your audience! Energise colleagues, build brand, and engage followers.

Don’t forget to add our hashtag #GCFbenchmark26 to the caption text of your X, Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook post, to help your content reach new and relevant audiences.

  • When communicating around your benchmark score, we ask that you indicate the following:

‘Global Child Forum bases its benchmark scores on a company’s publicly available information, systematically assessing a corporate’s response to impacts on children’s rights. Scores are not a measure of actual compliance with policies, outcomes of policies and/or programmes, nor should scores be construed as investment advice.  Read more about the methodology here.‘

Press release samples

Take inspiration

How do leading companies share the news about their children’s rights work and standing in the benchmark?

Take a look at these great examples:

Spread the word on social media

Talk about your Benchmark 2026 results on social media 

To help you communicate, below you can find:

  • Images and banners for download
  • Insights and key Benchmark 2026 findings
  • Ideas to light up your platforms!

Social media

Materials for benchmark 2026 companies

FINDINGS AND MESSAGES TO SHARE

  • Proud to be featured in Global Child Forum’s Benchmark Report 2026, which provides an essential overview of business and children’s rights. This year’s findings show that overall progress has stalled, with the global average score dipping to 4.9/10. For us, that’s a reason to keep on supporting child rights in our operations and policies. See the full report.
  • Children and young people are every company’s future employee, customer, and regulator, and integrating their rights is key to running a responsible and sustainable business today. We’re proud to be featured in Global Child Forum’s 2026 Benchmark. Explore the report.
  • Our commitment to building a better future for children is central to everything we do. We’re honoured to be highlighted in the newly released Global Child Forum Benchmark 2026, which assesses 1800+ influential companies on their approach to children’s rights. Explore the findings here.

IMAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANNERS – GLOBAL BENCHMARK 2026

HASHTAGS

  • #GCFBenchmark26
  • #RightsForChildren
  • #ResponsibleBusiness

Social media

Materials for the financial sector and non-corporate actors

FINDINGS AND MESSAGES TO SHARE

  • Just released: The 2026 Global Child Forum Benchmark is here, assessing over 1800 companies on their commitment to children’s rights. The headline? Overall company scores have dipped to to 4.9/10. Explore the reasons here.
  • New data reveals that 70% of companies disclose climate transition plans, yet 92% report nothing regarding negative impacts on children in surrounding communities. Global Child Forum’s Benchmark Report 2026 reveals the child rights risks investors and policymakers can’t afford to overlook. Read the full analysis to inform your strategy.
  • It’s difficult to manage a child rights risk you can’t see. New data shows that while 55% of companies identify children as material in the workplace, mainly through issues such as child labour – only 18% of companies see children as material when it comes to community and environmental impacts, and a mere 9% for marketplace impacts. Read Global Child Forum’s Benchmark Report 2026 here.

IMAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA BANNERS – GLOBAL BENCHMARK 2026

HASHTAGS

  • #GCFBenchmark26
  • #ESGInvesting
  • #ResponsibleBusiness

Global Child Forum and Logotype

If you wish to use the Global Child Forum logo in your communication, request a quote from our experts, or receive further clarification on how to communicate around your score, please contact us.

Global Child Forum

Newsroom

Find our media gallery, Global Child Forum fact sheet, and other great materials!

Newsroom