Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Recording of the virtual launch event for our 2026 KnowTheChain benchmark, a free resource mapping forced labour risks in one of the world’s biggest industries: food and beverage. We've ranked 45...

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What are the opportunities for our business and human rights movement as we look towards the rest of a challenging 2026? Our Executive Director Michael Clements casts her eye over three huge issue...

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In October 2025, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and FORUM-ASIA held a series of webinars titled “Treaty-making in troubled times” to continue spotlighting critical issues and amplifyi

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On 17 September, the Resource Centre released its fourth edition of the Renewable Energy and Human Rights Benchmark, assessing the policies and practices of 35 leading companies in wind and solar (...

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In October 2025, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and FORUM-ASIA held a series of webinars titled “Treaty-making in troubled times” to continue spotlighting critical issues and amplifyi

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The Resource Centre's annual Mary Robinson Speaker Series spotlights some of the most significant emerging issues within the business and human rights movement. It looks to advance the debate by br...

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In Villagarzón, Putumayo, Indigenous Inga communities remember how in 2012 Gran Tierra Energy began seismic oil exploration activities in PUT-1 Block and ignored, in collusion with the Colombian au...

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In Mocoa, Putumayo, in Colombia's Andean-Amazon region, Indigenous Peoples and citizen collectives are expressing their concern about the Libero Copper mining project. The project, they warn, would...

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In Santander, Colombia, the Hidrosogamoso project of Isagen (part of Brookfield) has impacted peasant and fishing communities living along the Sogamoso and Chucurí rivers for more than 10 years. Wi...

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In Falan, Tolima, the peasant population is concerned about the potential environmental impacts, particularly on water, of the Santa Ana and Atocha projects of Miranda Gold, Baroyeca Gold & Silver

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Local communities in Orocué, Casanare, report environmental harms linked to Frontera Energy’s oil platform in the Matemarrano estuary, despite environmental regulations. Meanwhile, in San Luis de P...

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Canada’s reputation on the global stage is based on high human rights standards and progressive climate action. Yet in Colombia – which the Canadian government describes as an "attractive market" f...

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The intersection of business and conflict is a major pillar of our work in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, especially around Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Our regional expert Ella Skybenk...

2025 has already been a year of unprecedented turmoil and rapid change globally - but what does that mean for the business and human rights movement as a whole? Our Executive Director Phil Bloom...

Joined by allies and subject matter experts from across industry and the labour movement, we dig deep into the data and gain new insights into the major reporting and thematic trends uncovered by K...