RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS ADVISORS

Today is the five-year commemoration of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka. It is considered to be the deadliest garment-factory accident in history. 1,137 lost their lives and about 2,500 were injured. Trade Union leader Nazma Aktar who recently visited Respons...

Responsible Business Advisor Gunelie Winum reminded businesses on the importance of a purchasing company's own procurement policies for producers to achieve compliance. Purchasers need to think carefully through how their price ceilings, timing, planning, preparation,...

The Norwegian Business Delegation to China April 2017, headed by Prime Minister Mrs Erna Solberg and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Børge Brende with Innovation Norway as facilitator, was an important dialogue opener between the two countries. RBA Senior Advisor Guneli...

RBA advisor Roel Slootweg assisted in the introduction of strategic environmental assessment as a means to bring together conflicting interests of a mining company, tourism industry, local farmers and nature conservation in Madagascar.  Participants appreciated the app...

RBA partners Peter Croal and Roel Slootweg attended the annual conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, this year in Montreal.

Peter Croal gave three presentations, chaired one session and acted as a host and guide for 18 participants in the No...

The Norwegian Prime Minister and the Minister of trade and industry bring along 225 business delegates on a four-day tour to China. RBA Advisor Gunelie Winum who has worked with international labour standards for 15 years, participate in the delegation to promote Respo...

There was an engaged audience that listened to RBA´s presentation on Human Rights Due Diligence in Russia at a Breakfast Meeting with the Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) on March 29th. The meeting was held together with the RBA strategic ally, BDO Forensic...

RBA will give a presentation on international standards and Norwegian expectations regarding business and human rights, and the case for Human Rights Due Diligence in Russia, on a  breakfast meeting with the Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) in Oslo on Wedne...

Can impact assessment effectively mainstream biodiversity in sectors such as
mining, energy, transport, manufacturing and others?
The secretariat of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity has invited
RBA advisor Roel Slootweg to chair a workshop on this topic at t...

RBA senior advisor Gunelie Winum speaks at the lauch of ”OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector” in Paris.

Winum is the main author of ”Suppliers Speak Up” (2014) which is referred to as responsible purchasing good p...