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Nature and Human Rights: Integrating the business and biodiversity agenda into corporate sustainability practice  

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Monday, 08 June 2026

Authored by Sean Lees, Nature Pledge Coordinator, UNDP Asia Pacific

Despite recent setbacks in the push for mandatory sustainability frameworks globally, a notable counter-trend is emerging in Asia. Business and finance leaders in this region are increasingly adopting nature-related sustainability strategies, including due...

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Why we need critical analysis and a human rights-centred approach when using AI tools in due diligence

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Thursday, 07 August 2025

By GBI Manager Josephine Dodd

The recent UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights report on AI procurement and deployment highlights the urgent need for companies to conduct human rights due diligence (HRDD) on artificial intelligence, aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on...

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Attention business leaders: Now is the time to double down on your UNGPs commitment

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Tuesday, 08 October 2024

By Andrea Shemberg Yes: We’ve all heard the question. “Now that we have increased legislative...

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Business, biodiversity and human rights

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Wednesday, 14 February 2024

By GBI Legal and Climate Advisor Catie Shavin

The intersections between human rights and environmental risks are being discussed more widely than ever before – with a clear trajectory of change in legal and policy developments, reporting standards, benchmarking initiatives and stakeholder...

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Effective downstream human rights due diligence: Key questions for companies

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Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Benn Hogan, GBI Director

  It is a truism that business activities and relationships can impact human rights at all stages of the value chain. In 2008, the late Professor John Ruggie’s "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework noted that the risk of a siloed approach to managing...

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Expanding our global engagement

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Friday, 20 January 2023

By Sophia Areias, GBI Director

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) expanded our work around the globe and extended our external engagement in our focus regions in 2022.  The coming year looks set to see a further extension of our in-depth work with businesses and...

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Pourquoi et comment les processus de diligence raisonnable des entreprises devraient aller au-delà du travail des enfants

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Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Par Lauryane Leneveu, Manager, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

L’émergence de législations instaurant des processus de diligence raisonnable à indéniablement provoqué l’essor de politiques et pratiques d’entreprises respectueuses des droits humains. Lorsque le domaine des droits de l’enfant est abordé, le...

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Bridging the gap between respect for human rights and climate - a framework for action

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Thursday, 17 November 2022

Catie Shavin, GBI Legal and Climate Advisor

The need for just transitions and rights-respecting climate action is now widely recognised, and a welcome focus on how to achieve them has been prominent in the lead-up to and during COP27. In our conversations with companies around the world, we see this...

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Business, human rights and mental health: In the workplace, yes. But there’s more …

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Monday, 10 October 2022

By Jo Reyes, GBI COO

Mental health is a human right and should be considered part of a company’s responsibility to respect all human rights. Respecting the right to mental health throughout operations, products...

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