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New GBI issue paper published - More than net zero: Responsible Corporate Board Activity & the Just Transition

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Wednesday, 04 November 2026

A just transition requires corporate boards to put human rights at the heart of climate strategy. Ahead of COP31, we are releasing “More Than Net-Zero: Responsible Corporate Board Activity & the Just Transition”, by Anita Ramasastry and Colleen Penny. Drawing on corporate case studies, the report examines how boards can integrate human rights due diligence, workforce planning and meaningful engagement with workers and communities into transition oversight. It highlights progress, persistent governance gaps and practical steps for boards. Access the report.

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Learning from Southeast Asia

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Monday, 15 April 2019

A summary of insights from the event is available to download here.  The human rights challenges faced by companies – such as...

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New BHR briefing on navigating a changing legal landscape - from GBI and Clifford Chance

Monday, 18 March 2019

Businesses are increasingly required to implement human rights due diligence processes and/or to report on how they manage human rights-related issues. In our third...

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NXP joins GBI

Friday, 15 February 2019

We are pleased to announce that NXP has joined GBI. NXP is a manufacturer of semi-conductors with headquarters in the Netherlands. The company employs some 33,000...

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New GBI Chief Executive Officer and Chair

Monday, 07 January 2019

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights has appointed Ron Popper as its new Chief Executive Officer and Andrea Shemberg as Chair to strengthen its work with...

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Towards the UDHR at 80: Operationalising corporate respect for human rights in practice – the next 10 years

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Thursday, 06 December 2018

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) turns 70, GBI Director Jo Reyes reflects on what has already been achieved in the business and human rights space and on what is needed from all actors in the next decade...

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Exciting opportunity to join the GBI team in 2019

Monday, 12 November 2018

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to work with us next year. You can read more about this opportunity and...

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Increasing access to business practice is key to scaling respect for human rights

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Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Finding effective ways to talk about human rights with colleagues is a common challenge confronted by practitioners working in companies to drive implementation of...

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GBI internship opportunity

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Friday, 27 July 2018

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for 1 to 2 UK-based interns to work with us later this year. You can read...

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Access to remedy through multi-stakeholder engagement - insights from cases in Myanmar and South Africa

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Monday, 09 July 2018

Our latest report, co-authoured with the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre,highlights through case studies from Sout Africa and Myanmar that for the UNGPs to succeed, all three pillars of the ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework must be...

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