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Responsible Business Alliance The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) is the world's largest industry coalition dedicated to responsible business conduct in global supply chains.

Join the RBA for an in-person RBA Outreach Meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 23. This meeting is geared toward...
07/30/2026

Join the RBA for an in-person RBA Outreach Meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 23. This meeting is geared toward members of RBA and its initiatives, suppliers and non-member companies. All sessions will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule.

Discussion Topics Include:

• Mexico Labor Law Reform & Legal Landscape
• Circular Economy
• Conflict Minerals Compliance
• Best Business Practices for Social and Environmental Challenges
• Common Assessment Findings in Mexico

🔹Please find more information and register here: rba.swoogo.com/RBAOMGD26

On July 1, the RBA’s Responsible Labor Initiative (RLI) participated in the IHRB Global Forum for Responsible Recruitmen...
07/20/2026

On July 1, the RBA’s Responsible Labor Initiative (RLI) participated in the IHRB Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment, in the panel on "From Commitment to Practice: Tools, Pilots, and Accountabilities in Responsible Recruitment." The RLI discussed its Responsible Recruitment Program 2.0 and how tools, pilot initiatives, and accountability mechanisms can support stronger implementation and help drive meaningful improvements in recruitment systems and worker outcomes. The RLI was also invited to participate in a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Business and Responsible Recruitment in Malaysia, to share insights and experiences.

07/16/2026

Registration is now open for the Responsible Business 2026 annual conference, which will take place November 17-19 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Our annual conference is a world-class experience for attendees, including members of the RBA and its Initiatives as well as non-member companies and representatives from industry, government, intergovernmental organizations, civil society and other key stakeholders.

As we have in recent years, we've combined the RBA and Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) annual conferences to create one comprehensive event that will feature plenary and breakout sessions on labor, environmental, and mineral issues critical to global supply chains and your efforts to have a positive impact.

For 2026, we’ve also added an Environmental Summit to Day 2 of the conference. The Summit, which will run concurrently with other RBA conference sessions, will feature dedicated environmental topic programming on some of the most pressing environmental issues companies are facing, including decarbonization, circularity and waste minimization, chemical management, and environmental regulations, and the best practices, programs and tools companies can use to achieve their objectives.

All sessions will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule.

Conference Schedule:

🔹November 17: Members Day; RBA and RMI Member Meetings
🔹November 18: Annual Conference Day 1
🔹November 19: Annual Conference Day 2; Environmental Summit

➡️Learn more and register at rbaconference.org

On June 29, the RBA and member company representatives met with officials from the republic of Korea's Ministry of Emplo...
07/14/2026

On June 29, the RBA and member company representatives met with officials from the republic of Korea's Ministry of Employment Labor (MOEL), including the Director General of the International Cooperation Bureau, to discuss Korea's Employment Permit System (EPS). The dialogue focused on how EPS is implemented in practice, including recruitment procedures, cost allocation, worker safeguards and employer responsibilities. The RBA also introduced its standards, tools and member priorities related to responsible recruitment and the prevention of recruitment fees to workers.

The RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) recently launched its new Interoperability Framework, providing a struct...
07/09/2026

The RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) recently launched its new Interoperability Framework, providing a structured approach for standards and assurance schemes to operate within a more coherent and connected assurance ecosystem. The Framework establishes clear pathways for data and information sharing, equivalency, and compatibility, helping reduce fragmentation and improve how due diligence information is understood, compared, and applied across global supply chains. It is supported by parallel work on the Responsible Business Transparency Protocol (RBTP), an RBA/RMI initiative focused on strengthening how due diligence information is structured, exchanged, and interpreted across systems.

🔹Learn more about the Framework and its role in advancing responsible sourcing transparency and collaboration: https://ow.ly/y6Pt50ZmasR

Join us for an in-person RBA Outreach Meeting in Penang, Malaysia on September 8. This meeting is geared toward members ...
07/08/2026

Join us for an in-person RBA Outreach Meeting in Penang, Malaysia on September 8. This meeting is geared toward members of the RBA and its initiatives, suppliers and non-member companies. Space is limited and advance registration is required, so reserve your place today.

➡️ Register here: rba.swoogo.com/RBAOMP26

All sessions will be conducted under Chatham House Rule.

On June 17, in San Francisco, California, the Responsible Business Alliance convened industry leaders from across its me...
06/29/2026

On June 17, in San Francisco, California, the Responsible Business Alliance convened industry leaders from across its membership to discuss the current state of supply chain responsibility, emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping its future.

Participants shared insights and explored how the RBA, industry and stakeholders can continue to work collaboratively to drive meaningful improvements in global supply chains.

Thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to these important discussions.

The RBA's Responsible Environment Initiative (REI) presented during the Global Microsoft Supplier Summit that was held i...
06/24/2026

The RBA's Responsible Environment Initiative (REI) presented during the Global Microsoft Supplier Summit that was held in Seoul, South Korea, June 9-11. The presentation focused on RBA and REI efforts to advance the responsible sourcing of secondary materials for circular and low-carbon outcomes. The Summit brought together more than 100 representatives from Microsoft suppliers, including many RBA member companies, to coordinate strategies to advance environmental sustainability and decarbonization.

On June 16, the RBA spoke at a circularity event focused on critical minerals at the Embassy of Germany in Washington, D...
06/18/2026

On June 16, the RBA spoke at a circularity event focused on critical minerals at the Embassy of Germany in Washington, D.C. , co-hosted by the Bertelsmann Foundation. The event included remarks from Germany’s Deputy Chief of Mission, Martin Thümmel, and Andrew Clark, Acting Director, Office of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of State. Fellow panelists with the RBA included representatives from Aurubis, Hurst Consulting, and Silverado Policy Accelerator.

Key takeaways included the need for:

• a shift in thinking circularity is important primarily for its environmental benefits to also being an essential strategy for supply chain resilience;
• continued transatlantic cooperation on minerals recycling;
incentives to drive circularity;
• aggregation of demand to spur investment in collection and recycling of critical minerals;
• greater alignment on fragmented policies; and
• conducting due diligence within both primary and secondary mineral supply chains.

🔹Learn more about the RBA’s Responsible Environment Initiative at ResponsibleEnvironment.org and the RBA’s Responsible Minerals Initiative at ResponsibleMinerals.org

The RBA is holding a virtual training in the Central European Time Zone conducted in English for internal auditors of me...
06/10/2026

The RBA is holding a virtual training in the Central European Time Zone conducted in English for internal auditors of member companies from June 30-July 3. This training is exclusively for internal auditors from member companies to enhance their expertise in on-site ESG assessment methodologies. Participants will learn assessment planning, working hours and wages calculations, triangulation for non-conformities, document reviews, and worker-interview techniques.

🔹Please view the detailed agenda and register here: rba.swoogo.com/IAAERBA26

Members must use their member company email address to register.

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