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G7 leaders indicate support for the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the role of National Action Plans (NAPs) in a statement released following their annual Summit on 7 and 8 June 2015, hosted by Germany under their presidency of...

This report presented at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council focuses on the actions that business enterprises have taken to meet their corporate responsibility to respect human rights. It is based on the presentations and key lessons from the...

Recommendations on potential ways forward to catalyse leadership and action and advance business and human rights in Indonesia, have been issued in a report released today. The event report summarises the discussions and findings of an Indonesian conference...

On June 1st, Ed Potter, Director of Global Workplace Rights at The Coca-Cola Company retires. In order to mark the occasion of Ed’s retirement, a number of business leaders wanted to express their appreciation for his contribution to the agenda and to...

A newly released report entitled “Respect in Practice” sheds light on respect in practice examples, challenges, complexities, and lessons learned, related to the implementation of the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights in line with...

A Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) backed report by the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that a large majority of executives (83%) believe that human rights are a matter for businesses, not just for governments. Further, 71% of business...

On September 24, 2014, President Obama announced plans to develop a U.S. National Action Plan (NAP) on responsible business conduct. The NAP will be consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the OECD...

An alliance of organisations, of which the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights is a part, has commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to carry out a global programme of research to build understanding of business awareness,...