Lawyers seeking to advise clients on the relevance of human rights to business, and law firms evaluating their own responsibilities as businesses with regard to human rights, will soon have access to a new, additional tool from the International Bar Association (IBA) to assist them: the Reference Annex to the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers (the ‘Reference Annex’)...The Reference Annex is an in-depth document designed to further businesslawyers’understanding of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) – the authoritative global standard on business respect for human rights – and similar documents...the Reference Annex explains how the UNGPs can be relevant to the advice lawyers provide to clients, as well as their potential implications for law firms as business enterprises. Itis a companion to the IBA Practical Guide on Business and Human Rights for Business Lawyers, published earlier this year...The Reference Annex is the result of extensive consultation between a diverse group of stakeholders across the legal profession from both within and independent of the IBA membership...