A/HRC/43/30 carry out environmental and human rights impact assessments that examine the effects of proposed actions on children and fully respect children’s rights standards, in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and incorporate into their operations the guidance contained in the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s general comment No. 16 and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles; (b) Ensure that effective grievance mechanisms are available; (c) Provide information on the risk of exposure to and hazards of industrial chemicals, pesticides and other hazardous substances that they manufacture and sell, and ensure that such information is easily accessible and available to everyone; (d) Communicate publicly and objectively on measures taken to mitigate potential childhood exposure and environmental damage in the context of business activities; (e) Use safer alternatives, where they exist, to mitigate human rights impacts and, where there are no alternatives, actively invest in developing and adopting safer alternatives and mitigation measures. 109. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should invite the Committee on the Rights of the Child to provide further normative and practical guidance on children’s rights and the environment, including through a new general comment. 19

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