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    No more excuses. Data can help consign forced labour to history.

    John Morrison | 22 January 2025

    Event summary
    Davos 2025: Mapping Solutions for: Ending Forced Labour

    22 January 2025

    Explainer
    What is modern slavery?

    Neill Wilkins

    Commentary
    The very real risk of labour abuses in the wake of climate disasters

    Neill Wilkins | 17 January 2025

    News
    Save the date: Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025
    Commentary
    Caught in troubled waters: climate change and industrial shipping threaten fishing communities around the world

    Rakesh Ranjan | 6 November 2024

    Briefing
    Seafarers and Illegal Recruitment Fees: 2024 Insights

    Francesca Fairbairn | 26 September 2024

    News
    Research finds almost a third of seafarers have been asked to pay illegal recruitment fees

    26 September 2024

    Explainer
    What are employment and recruitment agencies?

    Carmen Pedraza | Neill Wilkins

    Explainer
    How does economic diversification impact workers in the GCC?

    Tamara Juburi

    Commentary
    Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024 - Can businesses move from policy to practice?

    Neill Wilkins | 12 June 2024

    Event
    The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024

    Clifford Chance, London & Online

    25 Jun 2024

    VOICES Podcast

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    Crises colliding: the impact of dark fleets and conflict on seafarers

    Francesca Fairbairn | Mark Dickinson | Nathan Smith | 15 April 2026

    Podcast

    The Dyson Case: a landmark moment for business and human rights?

    Salil Tripathi | Anna Triponel | Oliver Holland | 25 March 2026

    Podcast

    Financing a just transition in farming: Lessons from Brazil

    Haley St. Dennis | Isabel Britez | 9 March 2026

    Amazonian women during the 2020 mobilization for International Women's Day, demanding sovereignty over their ancestral lands.
    Podcast

    The biggest issues for business and human rights in 2026

    29 January 2026

    Podcast

    Catalonia’s housing revolution: where affordability meets sustainability

    Haley St. Dennis | Ainara Fernández | 17 December 2025

    Podcast

    Just transitions in the Gujarat desert: a signal of a cleaner, fairer future for informal workers

    Haley St. Dennis | Reema Nanavaty | 25 November 2025

    Podcast

    Looking back, looking forward - the future of human rights and business (Part 2)

    Brandee M. Butler | John Morrison | 19 November 2025

    Podcast

    Looking back, looking forward - lessons in human rights and business (Part 1)

    Brandee M. Butler | John Morrison | 28 October 2025

    Podcast

    Are seafarers’ rights in crisis?

    Ben Bailey | Father Stephen Thanapaul | Francesca Fairbairn | 25 September 2025

    Podcast

    Are business practices intensifying water scarcity?

    Salil Tripathi | Peter Waldman | Ravi Mariwala | 28 August 2025

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    The Hidden Bill of Green Conflict: Derisking Renewable Energy by Strengthening Community Trust

    Online 30 Apr 2026

    Event

    Register Now: Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2026

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30 Jun 2026

    Event summary

    Webinar - From COP30 to 2030: Lessons for Business from Just Transitions in Practice

    30 January 2026

    Speech

    Remarks from Vicky Bowman at the Ministerial Roundtable at the Future Minerals Forum, Riyadh

    Vicky Bowman | 15 January 2026