A/HRC/43/30 86. Georgia has introduced time-bound measures to monitor, control and reduce children’s exposure to hazardous chemical substances, including in schools and kindergartens.127 87. Italy has introduced initiatives to improve air quality, particularly in schools and other environments frequented by children, and guidelines and training addressing health risks and prevention.128 88. Qatar monitors air pollutant levels in governmental schools and has produced guidance on prevention.129 89. Slovenia has implemented biomonitoring and preventive programmes in areas of significant environmental degradation to protect children’s health, particularly from exposure to lead and other chemicals in kindergartens, schools and private homes.130 90. Spain has introduced measures to regulate air pollution and will establish and apply standards to the business sector.131 91. Brazil has prohibited all work by children in tobacco and established penalties for farmers and companies purchasing tobacco processed through the labour of children.132 92. The Philippines has launched an initiative to stop children aged 15–17 years from working in small-scale gold mining and offered them vocational training in the tourism sector.133 93. France requires large companies to conduct due diligence on human rights implications of operations, including children’s environmental health rights.134 94. The Netherlands has adopted child labour due diligence legislation that requires companies to assess whether their goods have been produced using child labour, create a prevention plan and submit a statement detailing due diligence efforts to the Government.135 95. Georgia reports regulating business activities on environmental issues, including through indemnities.136 96. In 2017, Malawi adopted a law enabling people to request and obtain vital information such as water-quality testing results.137 97. Laws in the United States of America require high-risk industries to provide financial assurances that they have the resources to clean up potential pollution.138 98. Many States, including Australia, Azerbaijan, China, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Guatemala, the Philippines, Qatar and Switzerland, as well as the State of Palestine, report having taken measures to improve children’s environmental education.139 In Mexico, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change have developed teaching manuals on climate change that take a children’s rights approach.140 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 16 Submission from Georgia. Submission from Italy. Submission from Qatar. Submission from Slovenia. Submission from Spain. Submission from Human Rights Watch. Ibid. www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000034290626&categorie Lien=id. www.eerstekamer.nl/behandeling/20170207/gewijzigd_voorstel_van_wet. Submission from Georgia. Submission from Human Rights Watch. Ibid. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/24291OHCHR_ChildRights Report_HLPF_July19.pdf; submissions from Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala and Qatar. Submission from UNICEF.