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GBI is pleased to announce that BHP has joined GBI. BHP is a world-leading resources company.  BHP extracts and process minerals, oil and gas, with more than 60,00 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas.  Its products are sold...

On 4 and 5 July 2017, the LSE held a short course on business and human rights, offering professionals from diverse fields an intensive exploration of the emerging ‘field’ of business and human rights. Through a mixture of lectures, group...

The OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct took place on 29 and 30 June 2017 in Paris. The Forum attracted participants from business, multilateral organisations, civil society, the legal profession and academia, discussing challenges such as due...

On 14 June, GBI Director Katryn Wright spoke on a panel at the Foreign Trade Association’s annual conference “Unleashing Opportunity”. The panel was on meaningful stakeholder engagement and how companies are engaging with affected people in...

On 9 June 2017, GBI Director Jo Reyes spoke at the Council of Europe’s High-Level Seminar on Human Rights and Business in Strasbourg on multi-stakeholder approaches towards implementation challenges. The seminar highlighted Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3...

GBI is pleased to announce that Trafigura has joined its core group of members. Trafigura is one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading and logistics houses, using market knowledge, logistics and global resources to move physical commodities....

On Wednesday 16th November, a statement on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights was issued by 9 business organisations at the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. The statement was delivered during a session on ‘National...