How business should be respecting human rights in the transition to cleaner energy
Blog,Tuesday, 19 October 2021
By Rosie Beacock, GBI Researcher and Analyst Businesses are increasingly acting on climate change...
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Blog,Achieving just transitions that respect human rights is a huge challenge - but a start has been made
BlogThursday, 01 July 2021
Catie Shavin, Director, Global Business Initiative on Human RightsThe Global Business Initiative on Human...
Read full storyGetting ready for mandatory due diligence: Five steps businesses can take now
BlogWednesday, 19 May 2021
By Catie Shavin, Director, Global Business Initiative on Human Rights The prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence laws has been in the air for a while – certainly since the...
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BlogMonday, 01 March 2021
By Jon Drimmer, GBI North America Advisor With the continued progress of an EU Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability legal requirement, multi-national companies may soon be compelled to pay as much attention to their...
Read full storyWhy business and human rights practitioners can’t afford to forget about taxation
BlogMonday, 04 January 2021
By GBI Deputy Director Benn Hogan The world in which we find ourselves this January is starkly different to that of twelve months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic has created new economic...
Read full storySupporting practical exchanges among businesses in the Asia Pacific
BlogThursday, 05 November 2020
By Catie Shavin and Davide Fiedler The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently convened two series of online...
Read full storyAdvancing corporate respect for human rights in Brazil
BlogWednesday, 29 July 2020
The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) recently convened an online workshop series...
Read full storyThe impact of remote working on companies’ human rights risk management
Blog, COVID-19Monday, 08 June 2020
In this blog, GBI Director Catie Shavin explores why in-person communication is a critical component of effective human rights risk management and suggests four practical steps human rights managers can take now, and in the...
Read full storyWhat do the UNGPs expect companies to do about racial discrimination?
BlogMonday, 08 June 2020
By Andrea Shemberg, GBI Chair The recent protests across the United States have focused worldwide attention on the gravest implications of...
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