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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...

This report summarizes the findings from a 2013 questionnaire for corporations on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The questionnaire was carried out for the Working Group by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International...

“In June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the Guiding Principles on Human Rights, developed under the direction of John Ruggie, then the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights. The Guiding Principles are built...

This dialogue was organised by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, to facilitate understanding of the perspectives of business practitioners regarding the...

GBI announces that Bechtel and Motorola Mobility have joined the initiative. Both companies bring a unique set of practices, experiences and challenges in relation to corporate respect for human rights. GBI members welcome the opportunity to work...

This is the report of the Business Stakeholder Meeting held on 2 December 2013 prior to the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. The meeting was aimed at providing an opportunity for business representatives to share and discuss diverse actions, key...