November 2015

Is bad business dead?

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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

On Monday 23 November 2026 at the ICRC Geneva, GBI will host a timely discussion between our Senior Advisor, Gerald Pachoud and President and Co-founder of Shift, Caroline Rees. Fifteen years on from the UNGPs, companies have human rights policies, due diligence systems, specialist teams, many companies have board oversight and, more and more, legal obligations. Things that were fairly normal in 2011 are now much harder to defend. But has any of that really changed what companies decide when human rights collide with commercial interests, geopolitical pressures or tough operating environments? Can a company have excellent HRDD and still make bad calls? Has the...

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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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