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RBI Africa

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About Us

Responsible Business Institute Africa (RBI-Africa) is a Pan African nonprofit organization registered as a company limited by guarantee under the Laws of Kenya. The organization’s aim is to work with and support businesses, particularly MSMEs, government agencies, civil society organizations and international development partners towards ensuring businesses in Africa embrace responsible business practices. This includes providing strategic support for businesses in defining and communicating their human rights policy commitment, incorporating human rights due diligence in their operations and facilitating effective access to remedies in case of business-related adverse impact on the human rights of people, communities and the environment.

RBI-Africa works with businesses of all sizes and at stages to design and implement interventions aimed at ensuring that the businesses comply with their corporate responsibility to respect human rights. These interventions include research support, human rights impact assessment, human rights policy embedding, awareness and advocacy, training and capacity building, providing practical tools for policy embedding and incorporating human rights due diligence, and support to establish operational level grievance mechanisms for effective access to remedy in case of business-related human rights risks.

Vision

Building a Thriving and Equitable Africa through Responsible Business.

Goal

Investments and businesses upholding the dignity of all people in Africa.

Mission

To support Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa towards formulating human rights policies in their strategies, incorporating human rights due diligence in their operations and establishing effective access to remedy mechanisms in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Values

Bold. Honest. Resilient

Strategic Objectives

  1. Create awareness on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) amongst founders, business leaders and regulators of micro small and medium enterprises in Africa towards embedding responsible business practices.
  2. Provide technical support and resources to assist businesses in designing and communicating their human rights policy commitments and incorporating human rights due diligence in their operations.
  3. Collaborate with stakeholders to create awareness and engage in peer-to-peer learning to share best practices for business to respect human rights in their
  4. Establish mechanisms for company led community focused effective access to remedy for business related adverse human rights impact on people, communities and environment.
  5. Promote responsible investments in Africa that prioritize and uphold the dignity of all people, in accordance with Agenda 2063 on the Africa we want.

SIMPLIFYING HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE FOR MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (BUSINESSES) IN AFRICA