Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were adopted 15 years. In this episode, IHRB’s Salil Tripathi speaks to Jane Nelson, the Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative a...

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IHRB’s Salil Tripathi hears from Froydis Cameron-Johansson, a consultant who has spent nearly 30 years working with oil, gas, and mining companies. In this episode, you’ll hear why it’s so importan...

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A discussion exploring what this “hidden bill” of green conflict means for how renewable energy projects are designed, financed, and governed in practice.

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IHRB’s Francesca Fairbairn speaks to Mark Dickinson, outgoing General Secretary of Nautilus International, and Nathan Smith, a ship inspector with the International Transport Workers' Federation, t...

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A recent legal case involving Dyson and 24 migrant workers is being called a landmark moment for business and human rights—but why? After the UK Court of Appeal allowed the case to be heard in the ...

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In this episode of Voices, IHRB’s Haley St. Dennis brings you closer to the world of agroforestry in Brazil. Haley speaks to Isabel Britez of Belterra, a B Corp working with farmers to turn climate...

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In this conversation senior corporate practitioners who are engaged in complex just transition processes explore real-world business lessons for navigating decarbonisation and its social impacts. ...

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IHRB’s new CEO Brandee Butler is joined by Michael Clements, the newly appointed CEO of the Business and Human Rights Centre, for a conversation about leadership, and the shifting landscape for bus...

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Despite headline-grabbing efforts to stop deforestation, the world’s rainforests continue to vanish. In the Amazon, however, agroforestry - the practice of growing trees and crops together - is qui...

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In this episode of Voices, IHRB’s Haley St Dennis and Ainara Fernandez discuss an emerging housing model in Catalonia, which is aligning decarbonisation efforts with solutions to address issues lik...

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Spain’s construction industry lost 64% of its workforce after 2008. Today, across Catalonia, developers give priority for renovations and construction work to labour inclusion organisations like Pr...

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Llúcia lives in the Adela Barquín residence in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. Here, aging is treated as an urban design brief, one which enables autonomous living but embraces community. Active‑ageing pr...

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Casa Bloc is an iconic 1930s modernist complex that lay derelict for years, before being restored by the housing association Hàbitat3. Today, the building is home to 17 families who were at risk of...

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Solar power is reshaping life for Gujarat’s salt farmers. Haley St. Dennis talks with SEWA’s Reema Nanavaty about the partnerships and training behind this just transition—and how women like Mangub...

How can the business and human rights agenda move forward amid the climate crisis, ongoing conflicts, and growing political divides? Join Brandee M. Butler, IHRB’s new CEO, and John Morrison, foun...

In a special two-part series , join IHRB’s new CEO, Brandee M. Butler, and outgoing CEO, John Morrison, for a reflective and illuminating conversation on their work to strengthen respect for human ...

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On World Maritime Day, IHRB’s Francesca Fairbairn speaks to Ben Bailey and Father Stephen Thanapaul from Mission to Seafarers. Together they discuss the scale of exploitation, the toll it takes on ...

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Climate change has put a spotlight on our relationship with natural resources, especially water. In many parts of the world, the water scarcity crisis is being intensified by companies.  Salil T

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How did the business and human rights movement evolve? What important moments and historic cases have helped shape responsible business today? Anita Ramasastry, Professor of Law at the University ...

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IHRB's Salil Tripathi and Professor Anita Ramasastry (University of Washington, former UN Working Group member) journey through the fascinating history of business and human rights. From landmark ...

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