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Welcome to the latest edition of the IHRB newsletter, featuring new analysis and thinking on issues affecting human rights in business.


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Understanding…

How businesses should respond to an age of conflict and uncertainty

An increasingly fractured world order raises important questions for business. IHRB’s Scott Jerbi reflects on our recent Circle of Innovators discussion, and offers some reminders of where committed individuals and organisations might turn to advance responsible business in troubled times.


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RELATED: IHRB launches new Costs of Green Conflict project


Bulldozer injustice and companies’ duty of care

Bulldozers have been linked to human rights violations for many years, and now in India bulldozers are being used to carry out punitive demolitions of homes. Peter Frankental at Amnesty International writes about the role and responsibility of companies when their equipment is used to do harm.


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Cocoa farming and just transitions

The mounting impacts of the climate crisis are seen starkly in the lives of agricultural workers, often in developing countries. IHRB’s Tatiana Kurancheva takes a closer look at just transitions in the cocoa sector - the challenges and opportunities.


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News

Costs of Green Conflict research project launched

Clean energy is required urgently and at enormous scale to reach net zero. But with great speed and scale comes significant risk to the human rights of workers, Indigenous peoples, and a wide array of local communities.


IHRB has launched a two-year research project to evidence and demonstrate the operational, reputational, and opportunity costs of social disruption and conflict between companies and communities, which could quickly become the greatest threat to achieving net zero in time.


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What are the major human rights challenges for business in 2024?

In the latest episode of our Voices podcast, IHRB’s Salil Tripathi speaks to human rights scholar Usha Ramanathan to discuss the big issues for human rights and business in 2024, from data, to agriculture, to space exploration.


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Why must companies listen to Indigenous peoples?

The construction of a mega port in Kerala, Southern India, is having severe impacts on the livelihoods of coastal Indigenous peoples. Why and how companies should engage Indigenous peoples in new projects is the theme explored by guests in this IHRB podcast episode.


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What is the role of responsible business in Ukraine's green recovery?

IHRB’s John Morrison sits down with Margot Wallström, former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs and chair of IHRB's International Advisory Council, to discuss the findings from a groundbreaking new report about the environmental damage of the war in Ukraine and its recommendations for a green recovery supported by responsible business.


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The Long Read

Respecting the rights of women migrant workers

Women migrant workers are facing disproportionate exploitation and unique challenges. On average, they earn 20% less than their male counterparts, but often bear higher recruitment costs.


IHRB’s new report sets out the key challenges for women migrant workers; the gaps in protections provided by international law and standards; and recommendations for business in key areas to better respect and protect their rights.


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RELATED: Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity Implementation Guide (updated with 40 new recommendations focused on women migrant workers)


RELATED: Watch the webinar Women Migrant Workers and Responsible Recruitment

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