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Malin Oud was interviewed in Swedish media in connection with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s visit to China in March 2015.

- It is important that Sweden raises human rights issues with China., but it is also very important how we act in practice. The Swedish government has an obligation to protect human rights, but Swedish businesses also have a responsibility to respect human rights in their operations and to make sure they do not have a negative impact on human rights in China.  Watch the full interview on Swedish television news programme SVT Agenda by clicking here.

- Human rights issues should be integrated into all forms of dialogues and agreements with China, rather than isolated to formal human rights dialogues. Listen to the interview on Swedish Radio Studio Ett here (in Swedish). Malin was also invited to brief Prime Minister Löfven in preparation for his visit.

The China Responsible Business Forum (CRBF) aims to build business knowledge, capacity and leadership in relation to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for Chinese business leaders and companies operating in China.

2014 saw the pilot year of the CRBF which engaged Chinese and multinational companies in three workshops in Stockholm, Beijing and Shanghai. This briefing note provides an overview of the pilot year, themes and lessons from the Beijing workshop, and some conclusions regarding next steps for the project.

CRBF is a cooperation project between The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI), The Global Compact Network China (GCNC), The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), Peking University (International Law Institute and Guanghua School of Management), and Tracktwo.

Tracktwo Senior Advisor Liang Xiaohui writes on Business and Human Rights Resource Center blog about recent Chinese policy shift in relation to Business and Human Rights.

On December 2-4, Tracktwo’s Managing Director Malin Oud joined two panels at at the 2014 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. The first panel, organised by Global Witness, discussed how Chinese government policy and corporate practices are evolving with respect to business and human  rights. Presentations and more information about the panel can be found here. The second panel was organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and focused on regional implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. More information about this panel is available here.

On October 30, The Consulate General of Sweden in Shanghai, Business Sweden and The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China arranged a breakfast workshop on Business and Human Rights for Swedish companies operating in China. John Morrison (The Institute of Human Rights and Business), Mark Hodge (The Global Business Initiative on Business and Human Rights), Leyla Ertur (H&M) Bengt E Johansson (Swedish CSR Ambassador) and Malin Oud (Tracktwo) gave presentations, followed by Q&A and discussion. Around 30 Swedish company representatives attended the workshop.