Publications

Publications

Explore our publications here: reports, papers, commentary and more.

• Financing Commodities and Human Rights: The Case of ABN AMRO in the Palm Oil Sector
  Posted in publication on 28 January 2021

  This case study describes and discusses the approach that ABN AMRO has adopted in its relationships with clients who are associated with the palm oil sector.

• Ethnic conflict could unravel Ethiopia’s valuable garment industry
  Posted in newspublication on 20 January 2021

  In the current context of ethnic conflict in Ethiopia, Dorothée Baumann-Pauly looks back in this article on the report “Made in Ethiopia: Challenges in the Garment Industry’s New Frontier” that was published in 2019 when Ethiopia was still considered one of Africa’s economic wunderkinds.

• How are European financial institutions addressing human rights in their activities?
  Posted in publication on 27 November 2020

  Our new report written in collaboration with Finance & Human Rights (FaHR) was launched at the Sustainable Finance Forum on October 29th. This baseline study assesses how European Financial Institutions address human rights.

• As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners
  Posted in newspublication on 25 November 2020

  In this op-ed, Prof. Dorothee Baumann-Pauly and Serra Cremer Iyi point out that mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo is risky because of the prevalence of artisanal small-scale mining.

• The Case for Human Rights in Business Education - A Tool Kit
  Posted in publication on 24 November 2020

  Representatives from a number of business school, both professors and administrators, have worked jointly to assemble this tool kit. It includes information and resources explaining the increasing relevance of human rights in a business school context and provides resources that can be helpful to those in other business schools who wish to become involved.