The Commodity Trading Sector: Guidance on Implementing the UNGPs

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) mandated IHRB to work with stakeholders to develop guidance for the commodities trading sector on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights (UNGPs).

The Guidance was officially launched at the 2018 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. It is intended to help representatives of commodity trading firms to implement the UNGPs in their company systems and cultures. The guidance is available online at www.commodity-trading.org providing a step-by-step guide to UNGPs implementation. In 2023 the website was updated with the latest developments in legislation and business and human rights thinking, provides a step-by-step guide for commodity traders on implementing HRDD.

IHRB has also produced a series of explainers downloadable as PDFs, which spotlight elements of the guidance.