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On 18 and 19 February 2016, GBI Director Catie Shavin joined an international workshop organised by the Confederation of German Employers (BDA) exploring current issues and developments in the area of business and human rights. Catie joined a panel focused on...

The Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) have published a summary of a jointly convened webinar focused on business and human rights in ASEAN and China. The discussion explored the...

This session, held on 18 November at the 2015 UN Forum, examined the outcomes of the first meeting in July of the Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIWG) charged with drafting the UN treaty on business and human rights;  the priorities of business...

The closing plenary of the 2015 Forum on Business and Human Rights on 18 November featured a multi-stakeholder panel which reflected on concrete steps to scale and speed up implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ three pillars...

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...

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...

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,...

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...