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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,...

“On September 24, 2014, the President announced plans to develop a National Action Plan to promote responsible business conduct abroad, consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational...

HP has become the first in the IT industry to require direct employment of foreign migrant workers in its supply chain. The objective of the new standard is to set forth the minimum requirements for the appropriate and ethical recruitment and...

Blog and Article: In October 2014, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre published a blog written by the GBI secretariat entitled Five Early Recommendations for Business: Responding to the prospect of an...

A Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) workshop on “Human Rights and Business Relationships Across the Value Chain” attracted around 100 participants at the CSR Asia Summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday 17 September 2014. BASF and...