Institute for Human Rights and Business - IHRB

17/05/2025

Just 3 days to go until the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025 kicks off!

We’ll be covering topics from:
💡 Data and tech-driven recruitment solutions
🌍 Responsible recruitment during crisis and uncertainty
👷‍♀️ Women migrant workers
💬 Worker engagement and supplier collaboration

All with an exciting lineup of speakers from global brands, tech innovators, trade unions, civil society, and international organisations.

Join the conversation from anywhere in the world. Discover the full agenda and register now: https://gfrr.org/

12/05/2025

In-person places are now full, but you can still join us online!
The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025 is bringing together global leaders to advance fair, ethical, and responsible recruitment of migrant workers.

Get to know some of this year’s latest confirmed speakers from business, civil society, and international organisations who are shaping the future of recruitment practices.

📅 20–21 May 2025 | 📍 In-person in Bangkok & Online worldwide

By joining online, you will:
🚀 Gain exclusive access to the dedicated event platform, opening soon.
🗓️ Customise your personal agenda with your selected sessions.
📚 Download exclusive resources shared by speakers and partners.
🗣️ Ask questions to panelists during live discussions.
🎟️ Enjoy early access to session replays after the Forum.

🔗 Secure your spot today at https://gfrr.org/ and join the conversation.

26/04/2025

The countdown has begun!
Join the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025, May 20 - 21st.

The Forum brings together business leaders, civil society, trade unions, governments, and migrant workers to advance the agenda of responsible recruitment.

Secure your online participation and become part of a global ecosystem that inspires and advances responsible recruitment for migrant workers.

Register to join the waiting list if you want to attend in person or secure your online place at: https://gfrr.org/

11/02/2025

NEW: Launching the first in our JUST Stories series.

This is the powerful story of a small coal town co-creating a net-zero transition that is delivering jobs, stability and investment into new green industries.

🔥 One evening in 1883, George Marsh was tending his sheep in the lush, undulating hills near the Collie River in Western Australia. As dusk fell, Marsh collected rocks from the river and placed them around his campfire. To his amazement, the rocks set alight.

🧑‍🏭 And so began 130 years of coal industry in Collie, powering the state of Western Australia and providing generations of local families with secure livelihoods.

❓ So what happened in 2022, when the Western Australian Government announced plans to close all of Collie's coal plants by 2029? What did the future hold for a town where a quarter of the population relies on coal for work?

📖 Read, 📺 watch or 🔉 listen to Collie’s fascinating story on https://www.just-stories.org/stories/collie-just-transition-a-blueprint-for-the-worlds-eight-million-coal-workers

07/02/2025

Did you know there are 2,400 coal-fired power stations worldwide?

That’s 8 million people around the world who rely on coal for their livelihoods!

But to keep global warming within 1.5C, we must eliminate coal in the next 25 years.

So what does the future look like for coal towns?

🎦 Watch this sneak preview of the first story in our JUST Stories series, featuring a small coal town in Western Australia where businesses and workers are co-creating their just transition to net zero.

Coming soon - ‘Collie: a blueprint for the world’s eight million coal workers?

03/10/2024

This week the UK reached a milestone in its journey to net zero. With the end of operations at the country's last coal-powered plant - the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station - the UK closes the chapter on 140 years of burning coal for electricity.

The TUC has described this as 'a story about unions and an employer working together to ensure no worker is left behind.'

Haley St. Dennis, Head of Just Transitions at IHRB commented:

"The world is in a race against time to halve emissions by 2030. But we must do so in a way that doesn’t harm - and creates opportunities for - people impacted by the change.

"Crucially, the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station transition in the UK has demonstrated signs of meaningful partnership between the workers and the company - which is critical to designing a well-managed, just transition.

"From transfer opportunities to training courses, flexible release and voluntary redundancy schemes, transitions like this demonstrate the breadth of practical, worker-focused initiatives already available for us to learn from on the pathway to net zero.

"These stories are key to understanding how to deliver fast, effective and well-planned climate action."

JUST Stories is the IHRB's two-year global search for stories of meaningful partnerships between those leading public or private sector net zero transitions and those most impacted.

Are you involved in a story like this? Visit the JUST Stories portal today to help inspire more just, fair and meaningful net zero transitions.

https://www.just-stories.org/

17/09/2024

Are you involved in a net zero initiative with people at its core? Then we want to feature your story.

Why the need for stories?

Summer 2024 was the hottest on record, again. The pressure is on in the race to halve emissions by 2030.

There is likely to be no such thing as a perfectly 'just' transition. We need to find and learn from people who aren't afraid to try new approaches; learning-by-doing to navigate the challenges of decarbonisation in a way that is fair and equitable to those most affected. These stories are sorely missing right now, and one of the best ways to inspire, progress, and demonstrate the art of the possible.

We are already working on our first story in the JUST Stories series (to be announced soon). Now, we are searching for the second in our five-part series.

We’ve extended the deadline to 20 Sept and made it as easy as possible to pitch your story.

➡️For a chance to feature in the JUST Stories series, be showcased at global policy events, and help shape international approaches to net zero, visit the JUST Stories portal today

Share your story Are you involved in a net zero initiative with human rights at its core? No matter your role, the size, sector or geography, we want to hear from you. Complete the short form below for the opportunity to feature in the JUST Stories series and be showcased in international media and...

23/07/2024

"Stories are an art form. They speak to a different kind of response from people.
It's not statistics. It's not policy.
It's stories"
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The JUST Stories expert Advisory Council met recently to talk about the critical role storytelling will play in inspiring net zero transitions that embed the rights of local workers, Indigenous groups and communities.

🔊Listen in to hear opening remarks from Mary Robinson, co-chair of the JUST Stories Advisory Council. Visit the JUST Stories portal to submit your story and help inspire more just, fair, and meaningful net zero transitions.
➡️ www.just-stories.org/

30/05/2024

🚨 Registration is now open! Secure your place at this year’s Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment.

Join the leading global event for the responsible recruitment of migrant workers on June 25-26.

Register today: https://gfrr.org/

27/05/2024

What alumni have to say about our business and human rights Masters course, including how they will put their learnings into practice.

Join this year’s cohort to:

👂 Hear from human rights defenders and learn from practical experience.

✅ Learn how to apply business and human rights frameworks like the UNGPs to your company’s activities.

👥 Study alongside and debate with fellow professionals

Find out more about course, the range of topics covered and how to enrol: https://www.uib.no/en/business-and-human-rights?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bhr_masters_2024