...Companies around the world have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into conservation projects in Brazil designed to ...

“China denies millions of lives at risks as catastrophic flooding threatens Three Gorges Dam”, 23 June 2020 As many as 400 million lives may be at risk as torrential rain in China threatens the ...

Snapshot: In 1996, a group of Myanmar residents filed a lawsuit against Unocal in US federal court. Plaintiffs allege Unocal was complicit in human rights abuses they suffered such as forced labour, ...

After October 2023, long-standing systems of control, exploitation and dispossession metamorphosed into economic, ...

Recommendations for companies in the Just Energy Transition: Assign clear Board responsibility for and oversight of respect for human and environmental rights: Board approves policies and regularly ...

UN Guiding Principles The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business ...

This year’s analysis of the cases in the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre’s Just Transition Litigation Tracking Tool reveals a growing wave of litigation, with 95 cases across the world brought ...

The 10th session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (IGWG) to discuss the binding treaty ...

In 1999, a class action lawsuit was filed by current and former African-American employees against Coca Cola in the US. The plaintiffs allege racial discrimination which resulted in lower pay, less ...

Explore the big challenges, opportunities, debates and frameworks for business and human rights. This section contains a selection of key portals curated by our global team ...

On 25 July 2024, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) entered into force. The 27 EU Member States now have until 26 July 2026 to transpose it into national legislation. While ...