Business Integration of Human Rights Due Diligence in Australia: Modern Slavery and Beyond | 2025 Edition: Deep Dive on Building Internal Buy-In

This publication seeks to support Australian businesses to align their activities to assess and address any adverse human rights impacts with which they may be involved in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), with tailored advice for businesses at different stages of implementation.

The findings and guidance in this publication have been informed by desktop research, a literature review, and interviews held with UNGCNA participants. This is the second edition of this publication, which builds on the first edition released in August 2023 (termed the ‘2023 publication’ in this report). Companies throughout Australia were interviewed and their insights are presented in this publication as case studies in Part Three. All of the businesses are participants of the UNGCNA and represent a diverse range of industry sectors, sizes and types. The participating businesses included GPT Group, Optus, QIC and Westpac.