Business and Human Rights (BHR) measures for companies and investors have developed significantly over the last few years, from voluntary principles to mandatory regulations – to varying degrees in different contexts.

These measures underpin the identification, prevention, mitigation, and remediation of human rights abuses, while many also seek to enable businesses to have a positive impact on jobs and livelihoods, families and communities throughout value chains.

Intersecting factors, and the nature of global value chains, can create barriers to achieving positive human rights and development outcomes through BHR measures, as well as unintended consequences.

This research sought to identify how the implementation of BHR measures are experienced in EMDEs through a series of firsthand accounts. Their recommendations focus on how to ensure positive outcomes and mitigate unintended consequences for all stakeholders throughout the value chain – EMDE companies, investors, buyers, governments and workers alike.

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