There's very little pressure being applied to companies by investors looking at how they're actually behaving and treating human rights as a core business priority. This needs to change.
In this Frankly Speaking episode, we welcome Professor Michael Posner, director of the Centre for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern School of Business. He also served in the Obama administration as assistant secretary of State. Throughout his career, Mike has played a key role in establishing some of the major global initiatives on responsible business, including the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, the Fair Labor Association, and the Global Network Initiative, and he continues to be one of the leading voices on business and human rights in the United States.
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“I'm not interested if the only outcome of the European due diligence directive is that companies issue more reports, They have more people working in sustainability offices. They have more task forces. They do more evaluations. I want to know, are the workers in your supply chain being treated differently?”
How has responsible investment developed over the past ten years? Listen to Nathalie Dogniez, chair of Eurosif and Julian Toth, Executive Director of the Czech Sustainable Investment Forum
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How far has business and human rights come since the early 2000s? Listen to John Morrison, founder and former CEO of the Institute for Business and Human Rights.
What do the new changes to the ESRS mean for EU corporates? Listen to Simon Braaksma, Global Head of Sustainability Reporting at Philips and Filip Gregor, Frank Bold’s Head of Responsible Companies Section
