November 2015

Opportunity to apply: Chief Executive Officer of the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

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Monday, 01 June 2026

Due to the planned retirement of the incumbent CEO, the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) is seeking a new CEO by 1 January 2027 to provide strategic leadership, support organisational sustainability and effectiveness, work closely with the Senior Management Team and core GBI Team, lead membership growth and engagement, and act as a senior external representative. The CEO will help shape and deliver the organisation’s strategic direction, supporting key relationships across the membership and wider stakeholder landscape and providing substantive contributions to the programmatic work of the organisation. This is a role for a senior leader with strong strategic...

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Multi-stakeholder action across ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

UN Annual Forum Panel: Addressing specific impacts – 16 November 2015, Geneva Organised by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights in collaboration with GBI and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, this session...

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Bridging the Governance Gap: Chatham House, London

Thursday, 12 November 2015

GBI Executive Director Mark Hodge addressed Chatham House as part of a panel held on 28 September 2015 discussing emerging business and human rights trends for the next decade in response to Chatham House research paper. Mark’s comments focused on...

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Affirming the link between the SDGs and UNGPs - Global Business Statement released 9 November 2015

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

This week, GBI joined the world’s major business organisations, industry groups and corporate responsibility initiatives, to affirm the critical link between the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,...

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Business briefing on NAP developments

Monday, 02 November 2015

GBI has collaborated with Clifford Chance to publish a briefing for business on the development of National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (NAPs). This briefing identifies key recent developments relevant to the business community; identifies...

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