The UN Agenda 2030 sets ambitious goals recognizing the private sector as a key partner in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The last two decades a discourse on business and human rights (BHR) has developed that has influenced the way we think about corporate responsibility and the degree of responsibility that corporations carry for their impact on human rights. Concerns have been raised that Agenda 2030 insufficiently recognizes this evolving discourse on the responsibility of the private sector and arguably may undermine developments in this area. To what extent do the SDGs reflect the evolving BHR debate? (How) is the BHR discourse shaping the implementation of the SDGs or does practice so far confirm concerns regarding a chasm between de sustainable development discourse and the BHR rights discourse? Are the two discourses ships passing in the night and, if so, does it matter?

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可持续发展目标和商业与人权话语：夜航？

联合国 2030 年议程设定了雄心勃勃的目标，承认私营部门是实现可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的关键合作伙伴。在过去的二十年里，关于商业与人权 (BHR) 的讨论已经发展，它影响了我们思考企业责任的方式以及企业对其对人权的影响所承担的责任程度。有人担心，《2030 年议程》没有充分认识到这种关于私营部门责任的不断演变的论述，可能会破坏该领域的发展。可持续发展目标在多大程度上反映了不断演变的 BHR 辩论？（如何）BHR 话语正在塑造 SDG 的实施，或者迄今为止的实践是否证实了对可持续发展话语与 BHR 权利话语之间鸿沟的担忧？两艘话语船是否在夜间经过，如果是，是否重要？