UN Guiding Principles are built around the following three pillars known as the Protect, Respect and Remedy framework: • The State duty to protect human rights • The corporate responsibility to respect human rights • The need for rights and obligations to be matched to appropriate and effective remedies when breached.92 In addition to the UN Guiding Principles, the UN Global Compact, which is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative,93 has developed a Practice Note for how businesses should obtain free, prior and informed consent from indigenous peoples.94 The Practice Note states that companies should conduct an analysis of lands and resources that indigenous peoples have traditionally controlled or used.95 It further states that in order to obtain consent that is free, prior and informed, companies must engage in meaningful, good faith consultations with indigenous peoples. EMRIP has also provided guidance on this issue, noting that States are responsible for ensuring the adequacy of consultation and consent procedures between indigenous peoples and private companies.96 To this end, EMRIP has found that States should establish procedures for regulating, verifying and monitoring such consultation processes.97 The Government has agreed to initiate a National Plan of Action on the UN Guiding Principles.98 This initiative will be an important measure towards promoting best practice approaches to human rights among the business community. 18