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In this edition of The Exchange, Global Child Forum and NatWest Group explore how companies can transition their value chain in an equitable way.

The CSDDD and CSRD help secure responsible business practices, but are they about to be undermined by the Omnibus Simplification package?

Look through the full list of companies included in Global Child Forum’s Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark 2025.

As U.S. companies dismantle Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, we examine the fallout for child rights and wider corporate responsibility.

Global Child Forum underlines the 10 critical issues which will shape the children’s rights and business agenda for 2025.

Global Child Forum looks back on 2024, a year of legislative developments, sobering statistics, and stark realities for children’s rights.

Global Child Forum’s Ekin Björstedt reflects on 100 days as Secretary General, and looks ahead to the coming challenges and opportunities for business and child rights.

The Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark 2024 reveals alarming deficiencies in Tech and Telecom companies’ approach to safeguarding children.

How can ESG data and analyst requirements be re-framed to identify sustainable actions for eliminating child labour in supply chains?

The new benchmark report by Global Child Forum and Boston Consulting Group reveals a troubling decline in corporate prioritisation of child rights.

As of 2024, 204 benchmarked companies have been reclassified by industry. Find the full list and more information about the change here.

We take a deep-dive into how financial companies performed in our Benchmark 2024, asking: why does this sector matter to children?

Examining whether technology companies are taking their responsibilities towards our youngest and most impressionable generations seriously.

We investigate whether Food & Beverage companies are living up to their responsibilities for safeguarding children’s nutritional health.

An assessment of whether influential corporates are keeping their promises when it comes to child rights and climate change.

View the best performing companies from around the world in Global Child Forum’s Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark 2024.

Take a look at the European top 15 best performing companies in Global Child Forum’s Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark 2023.

Use our Communications Toolkit to let stakeholders know what you have achieved by respecting children’s rights in your company’s operations

How did influential companies based in the Nordic region perform in our Children’s Rights and Business Benchmark 2024?

Read H.M. The King’s opening speech at the Global Child Forum 2024, held at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.

The LEGO Group’s Annette Stube and Diana Ringe Krogh on inspiring future generations, and supporting the development of Global Child Forum’s new toolkit.

Global Child Forum is proud to release “The Corporate Playbook: Embedding Children’s Rights in ESRS Reporting,” supported by the LEGO Group.

Global Child Forum and the LEGO Group bring you an essential guide on incorporating child rights into ESRS reporting and assessments.

The Global Child Forum 2024 will address how businesses can engage with youth to integrate child rights into corporate strategies and policies.

Our Partner Advisory Board 2024 meeting brought stakeholders together to discuss the advancement of children’s rights in the corporate sector.

Ellen Schliebitz of The Centre for Child Rights and Business discusses The Child Friendly Space (CFS), and assessing child rights risks in the supply chain.

World leaders have adopted the Pact for the Future, and now is the time for businesses to act, and deliver on its bold vision for the future.

Swedbank Robur’s commitment to child rights and collaboration with Global Child Forum has been shortlisted at the PRI Awards 2024.

Ekin Ergün Björstedt, Global Child Forum’s Secretary General, on her vision for the organisation to empower corporates to advance child rights.

Global Child Forum welcomes a landmark international agreement offering a comprehensive framework for digital cooperation.

As the world moves forward from the challenges posed by the pandemic, there is a renewed focus on building back better—and education is at the heart of this effort.

As digital transformation reshapes every facet of our lives, businesses must acknowledge a crucial reality: children and adolescents are not just future consumers—they are powerful influencers, stakeholders and innovative problem-solvers.

Global Child Forum calls on Olympic Sponsors and companies to help create a world where children can thrive.

Pia Gisgård and Kristin Wallander, from Swedbank Robur, on the importance of considering children’s rights as a business. 

Global Child Forum supports the U.S Surgeon General’s call for warning labels on social media platforms, but urges companies to take action.

A guide containing everything delegates need to know before attending the Global Child Forum 2024 at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

As we mark World Day Against Child Labour, Global Child Forum urges nations to adopt policies tackling root causes and protecting children.

Our ActionLabs bring Forum delegates together to explore solutions to pressing issues related to business’ impact on children’s rights.

Global Child Forum announces the appointment of children’s rights advocate Per Heggenes to its Board of Directors.

As we mark World Hunger Day 2024, Global Child Forum urges businesses to take responsibility for helping tackle poverty and food insecurity.

Ekin Björstedt has been appointed as the new Secretary General of Global Child Forum, effective August 2024.

The International Day of Families 2024 focuses on families and climate change. Global Child Forum explores how business can take action to support.

Simon Weedy, Editor of Child in the City, on why a youth perspective is essential to the planning and development of urban living areas.

Global Child Forum has received the CFA Sweden ESG Award 2023 for its work to integrate child rights within sustainable investment processes.