Monthly Archives: December 2023

Faith groups at companies across the world are celebrating the December holidays in a variety of ways. I’m pleased to pass along an invitation to all from the Christians at Amazon group to join them in celebrating their 3rd Annual cross-company global Christmas gathering.

Event: Christians at Amazon Christmas Gathering
Date: Friday 12/15
Time: 10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm BST (UK), 11:30pm IST (India)
Register: for Zoom link

The event will feature a luminous retelling of the Christmas story – Holy Night and Little Star – by National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins (born in Kolkata (Calcutta), India), and worship songs by young adult music artist Seph Schlueter. It promises to connect us all to the hope and joy of the season. Kids and family are also welcome.

If you are part of a faith-or-belief-based employee resource group hosting a holiday event that you’d like to open to people from other companies, please drop me a note. Also, if you’d like to help make your workplace more faith-and-belief-friendly, check out our free Toolkit for Religiously Inclusive Workplaces.

Brian Grim
President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Global Chair, Dare to Overcome

Question to Government

To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Religious Freedom & Business [Foundation], in cooperation with the APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Building Freedom of Religion or Belief Through Faith-And-Belief Friendly Workplaces: A Call to Action, published on 20 November.

— Lord Alton of Liverpool

Answered on 5 December 2023

The UK Government notes the report by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, in cooperation with the APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Building Freedom of Religion or Belief Through Faith-And-Belief Friendly Workplaces: A Call to Action, published on 20 November.

Promoting the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is one of the UK’s longstanding human rights priorities. As well as championing FoRB, we have consistently supported the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on business and human rights, which are widely regarded as the authoritative international framework to steer practical action by Governments and businesses worldwide on this important agenda.

The Government is clear that it expects all UK businesses to respect human rights, including FoRB, throughout their operations, in line with the UNGPs.

— Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Read original on UK Parliament website