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La RDC devient membre à part entière de l’Initiative des Principes volontaires

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:06:00 +0000

Une étape cruciale pour lutter contre l’insécurité dans le secteur extractif et ancrer les droits de l’homme dans la transition énergétique mondiale

Une étape cruciale pour lutter contre l’insécurité dans le secteur extractif et ancrer les droits de l’homme dans la transition énergétique mondiale

New Analysis: What Benchmarking Tells Us About Human Rights and Competitiveness

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:22:00 +0000

UNDP Human Rights vs. Competiveness Report and WBA Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

A newly released UNDP report, Human Rights vs. Competitiveness – A False Dilemma? challenges the assumption that stronger corporate human rights performance comes at a cost to companies and undermines financial performance. After analyzing World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) Corporate Human Rights Benchmark criteria and the financial health of companies, the report suggests that there is actually no financial trade-off between improved human rights performance and competitiveness. Instead, it points to neutral or positive relationships with operational efficiency and investor perceptions, suggesting we reframe human rights due diligence as compatible with and potentially supportive of long-term business resilience.

Alongside this, DCAF has completed a methodology-based analysis of recent changes to the WBA Corporate Human Rights Benchmark methodology, examining how updated benchmarking approaches translate these expectations into practice and what they signal for companies, investors, and policymakers.

NEW! Investor Resources Added to the DCAF Knowledge Hub

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:55:00 +0000

Reinforcing DCAF's commitment to responsible investment

DCAF has expanded its Knowledge Hub with new investor-focused resources to support responsible investment in conflict-affected and high-risk contexts. We've added materials provide practical guidance on human rights due diligence, conflict risk analysis, and responsible business conduct, helping investors better identify, assess, and manage context-specific risks.

These additions reflect DCAF’s ongoing commitment to supporting investors with credible, applied tools that link security and human rights considerations to long-term value creation and risk-informed decision-making. Selected resources are linked below.

Accelerating Action on Business and Human Rights Amidst Crises and Transformations

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Common ground and shared goals

As the end of the year approaches and we catch our breath from a busy fall season, it is a good time to reflect back on DCAF’s engagements and activities and identify sources of optimism and progress in a time of uncertainty and instability when it comes to respect for human rights and security by companies in fragile contexts. Culminating in the 14th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights and varied side events, DCAF is taking away several key messages:

International principles must address local and deeply complex community development challenges.
Collective action and shared goals are crucial to improve implementation of security and human rights guidelines across sectors and regions of the world.
Companies, investors, civil society organizations, and state actors share a common interest and commitments to ensuring a social license to operate.
In a time of rapid change and uncertainty, there is a unique opportunity to make great progress.

Upcoming Event: A DCAF-twentyfifty panel discussion on the occasion of the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:36:00 +0000

A fireside chat on the occasion of the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Responsible Practices at the Mine Site of Origin: DCAF-ICRC Toolkit and International Code of Conduct included in the Draft IRMA Standard V.2

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:46:00 +0000

Responsible Practices at the Mine Site of Origin

Upcoming Event: Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:54:00 +0000

“Security and Human Rights as Foundations for Resilient Mining”

Upcoming Event: DCAF at the 2025 Paris Peace Forum

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:03:00 +0000

OECD – organized side event: Minerals, Governance and Conflicts

OECD – organized side event: Minerals, Governance and Conflicts

Strengthening Management of Security and Social Conflict Risks in Mineral Supply Chains

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:19:00 +0000

Notes from DCAF’s Mission to China

Notes from DCAF’s Mission to China

Increasing Transparency in the Oil and Gas Industry

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:57:00 +0000

DCAF-ICRC Toolkit Cited in Ipieca’s Updated Sustainability Reporting Guidance

DCAF-ICRC Toolkit Cited in Ipieca’s Updated Sustainability Reporting Guidance