Can business manage chaos ? Human rights and human security strategies for a disordered world.
Current geo-political turbulence is engulfing an increasing number of regions, disrupting supply chains and threatening business continuity. The impacts on business and the consequences of conflict and crisis on supply chains, people and communities are linked. What kind of strategies and plans should business adopt to counter such conditions of fragility? Are current practices of human rights due diligence, conflict sensitivity and corporate responsibility enough in the face of global crisis?
In this webinar we explore the idea of heightened due diligence, what it means and how it can be part of special measures to protect people and business in extraordinary times. We will also show how a human security approach can add further value in these fragile contexts.
Among the questions the webinar will address are….
- When and why is heightened due diligence necessary?
- What is required to implement heightened due diligence?
- What are the experiences of companies who have undertaken it?
- How does a human security approach help companies better understand the expectations of supplier communities?
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Meet the Speakers
Dr Mary Martin is director of the UN Business and Human Security Initiative
Gerald Pachoud is the Managing Partner of Pluto & Associates, a boutique advisory firm operating at the intersection of global public policy, corporate responsibility and conflict, where corporate decisions meet geopolitical risk.
Pachoud was closely involved in shaping the modern business and human rights agenda. He started and led the Business and Human Security programme at the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, from 2005 to 2011, was the Special Adviser to UN SRSG Professor John Ruggie, contributing directly to the development of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. He later served in the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, advising on strategy and private sector engagement.
Alongside his role at Pluto, he is Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London and Senior Advisor to the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. He also serves on the advisory boards of different organizations and companies.
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