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GBI and The Remedy Project recently held a roundtable discussion during the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum in Bangkok in September 2026 exploring what "good" looks like when companies and civil society organisations work together across different stages of human rights due diligence. Drawing on case studies and shared experiences from the region, participants examined how businesses and civil society can build credible, sustained and effective partnerships to identify, prevent, address and remediate adverse human rights impacts.GBI and The Remedy Project recently held a roundtable discussion during the UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum in Bangkok in September 2026 exploring what "good" looks like when companies and civil society organisations work together across different stages of human rights due diligence. Drawing on case studies and shared experiences from the region, participants examined how businesses and civil society can build credible, sustained and effective partnerships to identify, prevent, address and remediate adverse human rights impacts.
Key takeaways included:
- Mutual trust is the foundation of effective collaboration: Establishing strong relationships built on trust before challenges arise enables partners to navigate difficult issues more effectively together. Trust building should be proactive and continuous.
- The measure of successful partnerships is meaningful change for affected rightsholders: Success should not be measured by the number of trainings, consultations or activities delivered, but by the meaningful outcomes these efforts contribute to for affected rightsholders, including a greater ability to exercise rights, improved safety, increased empowerment, and better access to remedy.
- Translating partnerships to meaningful outcomes for affected rightsholders can reinforce trust: When partnerships deliver meaningful outcomes for affected rightsholders, they can also in turn strengthen trust between companies, CSOs and affected rightsholders, creating a stronger foundation for sustained collaboration.
Access more insights in our roundtable discussion summary
This is the second session of a GBI series on business and civil society engagement, which will continue around our next Member Peer Learning meeting in November. Access insights from our first session of the series on issues linked to forced labour and migrant workers.
Access more on our external engagement work in Asia Pacific.