The NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment is a new, innovative and multidisciplinary Centre that seeks to foster responsible business conduct that ensures respect for human rights and environmental standards in global value chains, thereby also advancing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The objective of the NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment is to promote multidisciplinary research on business, human rights and the environment and to develop awareness and capacity building around these issues.
NOVA Business, Human Rights and the Environment counts on the law firm, PLMJ, as a legal partner to place Portugal at the forefront of the European commitment to convert the entrepreneurial fabric into an example of responsible and sustainable business conduct, with companies assuming a central role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations.