Anton Mifsud-Bonnici on the Role of Business in Conflict

Anton Mifsud-Bonnici talks about business, investment and ESG within the context of the Russia and Ukraine conflict and the consequences on the human rights of affected citizens.

In his conversation with IHRB’s Salil Tripathi, he touches on responsible entry and exit – stating the latter as being more difficult and as being the fiduciary duty of investors. He also offers learnings on what heightened due diligence in practice should look like for businesses.

“It’s very important to look at conflict and look for corruption because at some point corruption has led to conflict. There is no conflict in the world that has emerged without corruption.”

Anton Mifsud-Bonnici is a Mediterranean-based independent business advocate. He specialises in ESG master strategy related to the low carbon energy transition. He is a thought leader on governance and an expert in stakeholder management and relationship building. He serves as a Commissioner overseeing the ongoing review of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights multi-stakeholder initiative. He has earlier worked with the UN and BP. He advises on peace making in Mozambique and gender fairness in Sierra Leone.