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Blog Post on the Business Fights Poverty Website by Katryn Wright, Programme Manager, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights “For a long time, the policy debates, advocacy campaigns and practice sharing about business and human rights has been...

Kathryn Dovey, Director of GBI along with representatives from Total and General Electric Company took part in a side session at the World Economic Forum in Naypyidaw, Myanmar on 5 June entitled “Implementing standards for Responsible Business and...

The Conference Board Knowledge Series presents ‘Human Rights Risk’, including guest speaker Mark Hodge – Executive Director of GBI “We will learn the who, what, why, and how of human rights risks. While many think of this as an...

Debate the challenges that arise as your company implements business and human rights principles. Industry experts including BSR, Hitachi, Novo Nordisk and GBI will be inputing and moderating. Plus drinks and networking. This free event is limited to 70...

… An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain. This new Oxfam report, based on research in Viet Nam, explores the reality on the ground in Unilever’s operations and wider supply chain, and compares...

East African Roundtable for Business Leaders – Implementing Corporate Respect for Human Rights – 8 November 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.  This one-day Roundtable was aimed at business leaders from Kenya and East Africa....

An expert panel took place on Thursday 31 January.  The full discussion can be found at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/human-rights-business-challenges-live-discussion Expert panelists included: Ed Potter, director, global...

Session videos from the December 2012 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights are now available on the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre website and via UN Web TV. The objectives of the Forum were to “serve as a key venue for...