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The Helpdesk Business & Human Rights is located at the Agency for Business & Economic Development (AWE), which is a project of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) jointly supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and DEG - German Investment and Development Company (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH). Accordingly, the following responsibilities arise for this website:

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Registered offices
Bonn and Eschborn, Germany
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 32 + 36
53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49 228 44 60-0
Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66

Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
65760 Eschborn, Germany
Phone: +49 6196 79-0
Fax: +49 6196 79-11 15

Email: info(at)giz.de
Website: giz.de

Registered at
Local court (Amtsgericht) Bonn, Germany: HRB 18384
Local court (Amtsgericht) Frankfurt am Main, Germany: HRB 12394

VAT no.
DE 113891176

Chairperson of the Supervisory Board
Martin Jäger
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Management Board
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (Chair of the Management Board)
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

Picture credits
Printing or publishing the content of this website (text, photos, audio, video, etc.) on the Internet or its reproduction on data carriers, even in parts, is only permitted with the prior written consent of the Helpdesk Business & Human Rights. Commercial use of the content is prohibited. The pictures used on this website originate from:

Due Diligence Compass, Phase 1: Step 1.1 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 1: Step 1.2 / © Yonas Tadesse / giz.de
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Due Diligence Compass, Phase 1: Step 1.4 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 1: Step 1.5 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 2.1 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, slider, Metal Industry / © Christopher Burns / Unsplash.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, slider, Electrical Engineering Industry / © Blaz Erzetic / Unsplash.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, slider, Financial Industry / © Lorenzo Cafaro / Pixabay.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, slider, Food Industry / © Pexels.com
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Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, Cross-Cutting Issues, Transport & Logistics / © Michael Gaida / Pixabay.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 1, Cross-Cutting Issues, Disposal/Recycling /  © PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 2.2 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 2: Step 2.3 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 3: Step 3.1 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 3: Step 3.2 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 3: Step 3.3 / © Sergelenbat / giz.de
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 3: Step 3.4 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 3: Step 3.5 / © Dirk Gebhardt / giz.de
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 4: Step 4.1 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 4: Step 4.2 / © Dirk Ostermeier / giz.de
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 4: Step 4.3 / © Ursula Meissner / giz.de
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 5: Step 5.1 / © Florian Kopp / giz.de
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 5: Step 5.2 / © Pexels.com
Due Diligence Compass, Phase 5: Step 5.3 / © Pixabay.com

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GIZ and DEG expressly reserve the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without separate notification or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.

This website contains links to external sites. The respective provider is always responsible for the contents of the linked external pages. GIZ and DEG checked the external content when the link was first established to determine whether it could give rise to any civil or criminal liability. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked external sites is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If GIZ or DEG determine or are informed by others that an external offer to which they have linked to trigger civil or criminal liability, they will immediately remove the link to this offer. GIZ and DEG expressly distance themselves from such contents.

The maps printed here are intended only for information purposes and in no way constitute recognition under international law of boundaries and territories. GIZ accepts no responsibility for these maps being entirely up to date, correct or complete. All liability for any damage, direct or indirect, resulting from their use is excluded.

Links to the website may be made if the page accessed becomes the sole content of the browser window.

Coordination and editing
Malte Drewes, Helpdesk Business & Human Rights
Philip Aanderud, Deutschen Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Concept, design, implementation, hosting and ongoing operation
Talleux & Zöllner Internet Projects GbR