1st Edition

Transforming Business Aligning Profits with Human Rights

192 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Societal expectations of business have shifted significantly in recent decades. While shareholder value remains a central driver of corporate decision-making, companies now face growing demands to account for how they generate profit — demands that are increasingly backed by law. This book argues that the most effective response is not procedural compliance but genuine business model... Read more

1. Advancing Human Rights Through Business 2. Sourcing Sustainable Rubber: Veja’s Business Model To Help Save The Amazon 3. Resetting The Diamond Supply Chain: Hb Antwerp’s Model Of Radical Transparency In Botswana 4. Tony’s Open Chain: Transforming The Cocoa Sector From Within 5. From Extraction To Equity: Indigenous Agreement-Making In Lithium Mining 6. Threads Of Justice: How The Dindigul Agreement Is Weaving Worker Empowerment Into Fashion 7. Transforming Informality: Formalisation As A Human Rights Strategy In Artisanal And Small-Scale Cobalt Mining 8. Transformation Formula: Core Components For Changing Business Models 9. Reverse Engineering Human Rights Due Diligence: Aligning Policy And Practice 10. Future-Proofing Business And Human Rights

Biography

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly is the Director of the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights and a Professor at the Geneva School of Economics and Management at the University of Geneva. She is also the Research Director at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.

Justine Nolan is the Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute and a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice at UNSW Sydney, Australia.

Andy Symington is a business and human rights specialist focused on social performance, human rights and just transition in the mining industry and in renewable energy supply chains.