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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...

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...

On the day of the final adoption of Omnibus I by the Council of the EU, our GBI Conversations podcast features Heidi Hautala, GBI Special Advisor and former Vice-President of the European Parliament, in conversation with GBI Director, Sophia Areias. Heidi...

GBI has published a new issue paper by Senior Advisor Gerald Pachoud, Blind Spot in the Boardroom: Why businesses ignore international criminal law, and why they shouldn’t. The paper...

At GBI’s Monday evening session, “Are human rights dead?”, participants enjoyed a discussion considering the wider trajectory of human rights and responsible business amid an increasingly turbulent global landscape. The discussion contrasted...

GBI is pleased to announce the launch of What “good” looks like: Compendium of practice-based insights. This single resource brings together all guidance briefings in our What “good” looks like series. Drawing on more than 15...

GBI is pleased to announce the release of the latest briefing in its What “good” looks like series. Drawing on more than 16 years of practice-based insights from companies implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights...