BHR UNFILTERED

Join Andrea, Lene and I as we take a step back and try to think creatively about the role of the State in the Business and Human Rights discussion. Have we been using all of our tools in the toolbox, or can we start to think more creatively about how to make a more rights respecting marketplace? Are we in danger of reducing the scope of Pillar 1 - that represents a consensus about the State's role...

Lene, Andrea and I try to unpack something that businesses really struggle with - responsible purchasing practices. When done right, a ‘win-win’ for supplier and buyer. But in today’s environment are we any closer to making sustained and mainstream progress on this? What does it take to move beyond engrained and cost-driven business models which not only pass on immediate risk and impact but also...

In episode 6 of BHR Unfiltered, Andrea, Rachel and Lene discuss what we can - or should - expect of companies and CEOs when it comes to advocacy for human rights and sustainability. Ever increasing expectation of companies and/or CEOs to take a stand on a variety of human rights related issues. Depending on the political agenda du jour , many companies have been out in front with visible and perfo...

Join us as Lene and Rachel try to help Andrea figure out approaches for how to have those hard conversations inside companies where there are risks of being involved in serious human rights abuses in conflict contexts. How do you get around internal blockages that are both human and structural? There is no magic formula, but the first step is to at least acknowledge that those internal blockages c...

Join Andrea, Lene and Rachel as we discuss the what, the why and the how of collaboration versus competition. In this episode we air our views on whether businesses need more guidance or whether anti-trust law is just being used as an excuse. We ponder whether companies in the US have any hope of collaborating and, if what sector a business is in determines how likely they are to collaborate. We a...

The wait is over!! In episode 3 of BHR Unfiltered, Andrea, Rachel and Lene discuss why corporate governance in the BHR space is to often a barrier rather than an enabler to effective management of human rights risks. “ Fixing the short circuit in corporate governance: What does it take? ” covers the importance of States providing appropriate regulatory frameworks, having corporate human rights pol...

Andrea, Rachel and I have fun talking about the “smart mix” and the use of international law to regulate business and human rights issues. If you do not know us, we discuss our experience in episode one. Happy listening! The next episode on BHR and corporate governance will drop on 6 May. Let us know what you think This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...