Respect for Human Rights in the Prime Market Companies listed on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange – A Survey of Annual Reports

The authors examine how companies listed on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange’s Prime Market respect human rights in their 2018 annual reports. Thus far, the researchers have not paid particular attention to respect for human rights in the annual reports of corporations registered and listed on the Prime Market of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange. Therefore, the authors aim to fill this gap by examining the situation and identifying opportunities for improvement. The article is divided into five sections. The second part deals with methodological issues. The third part presents and discusses the business and human rights in the 2018 annual reports of the nine corporations listed on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange’s Prime Market, whereas the fourth part analyses the strengths and weaknesses of their annual reports. An examination of the annual reports is certainly only the first, but indispensable, step in improving business and hu- man rights standards both in annual reports and in practice.

Keywords: business and human rights, Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Prime Mar- ket, corporations, annual reports.