...The choice of Caucaia is no accident. Several undersea cables carry data from the nearby capital of Ceará state, Fortaleza ...

I am not going anywhere fast – I have committed to the Board to stay as Executive Director until our Board has recruited and ...

The urgency to fight the climate crisis is driving a global scramble to extract the transition minerals required to power vast solar operations, wind farms, and transport electrification at enormous ...

"We are facing a direct confrontation between major transnational corporations and states. Transnationals are interfering in the fundamental political, economic and military decisions of states.

Last week, states and civil society organisations (CSOs) gathered in Geneva for the 9th session of negotiations dedicated to elaborating a legally binding instrument (LBI) on business and human rights ...

The European Union (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) entered into force in July 2024... The directive has been welcomed by a wide spectrum of business enterprises, ...

The last draft of the legally binding instrument on business and human rights was released in July 2023. While the process had some momentum until then, there has been little to no movement on the ...

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.

To avoid climate catastrophe, renewable energy capacity must triple in the next six years. The private sector plays a critical role in this energy transition – as do Indigenous Peoples. If the ...

In February 2023, the Miami Herald reported on conditions of forced labour for Mexican melon farmworkers working on farms supplying to major US supermarkets including Walmart, Kroger, Sam's Club and ...

Six months after the final whistle of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in Lusail Stadium, international media, football teams, sponsors and fans have left the emirate, taking with them the world’s brightest ...

A French court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark case against TotalEnergies for a massive oil project in Uganda and Tanzania after several NGOs filed a suit to suspend the controversial project. It was ...