Economic Multipliers

2003 – Given the growing emphasis on the costs and benefits of globalisation and a heightened awareness of the need for local solutions, this IBLF policy paper revisits eight ‘core business multipliers’ – identified by the IBLF in 1996 – in an effort to emphasise their potential contribution to spreading economic opportunity and supporting sustainable […]

Human Rights: Is It Any of Your Business?

2000 – This publication, published jointly by IBLF and Amnesty International, offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to a subject now on the agenda of responsible companies and at the forefront of public attention.

Business & Human Rights: A geography of corporate risk

2002 – Amnesty International and IBLF have collaborated to produce a series of seven detailed world maps, which depict where human rights abuses and violations exist and where leading North American and European multinational companies are at risk of being associated with them.

Business and Poverty: Bridging the Gap

2002 – In 1999, a group of nine UK-based organisations came together, with support from the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID), to establish the Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice. Through the Resource Centre, the organisations sought to investigate the links between business and poverty, to marshal the arguments for […]

The Business of Peace: The Private Sector as a Partner

2000 – This publication provides a comprehensive and practical overview of the linkages between business and conflict, outlining why the private sector can no longer afford to ignore the causes and costs of conflict and some of the key factors that determine whether business plays a negative role by creating or exacerbating violent conflict.