IHRB CEO to Co-Chair WEF Global Future Council on Human Rights

5 October 2020

We are pleased to announce John Morrison, IHRB's CEO, will be co-chairing the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Human Rights, helping to shape the new corporate human rights agenda as the world turns its attention to social and economic recovery.

Societal expectations of the role of business in human rights are rapidly changing. Investors, employees and consumers are taking positions previously only held by activists. Businesses can no longer maintain a narrow scope of engagement solely within their direct operations. They must assume a proactive role in advocating for human rights in their communities.

Convening leaders from business, civil society, government and academia, the Council will explore the shift needed for business to take a leading role in protecting universal human rights. Sourcing and generating guidance and best practices, the Council will support companies in embedding corporate human rights activism, and in establishing new partnerships, operational structures, and governance frameworks necessary to do so in an effective and authentic way.

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