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

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.

Co-chairs

• John Morrison, CEO, IHRB
• Julia Olofsson, Head, Human and Child Rights, IKEA Group

Members

• William Anderson, adidas Group
• Nicolas Bueno, University of Zurich
• Steven Crown, Microsoft
• Mark Davis, Body Shop
• Dominique Day, DAYLIGHT
• Sumi Dhanarajan, Forum for the Future
• André du Plessis, ILGA
• Liesel Filgueiras, Vale Foundation
• Bennett Freeman, Global Witness Advisory Board
• Clare Iery, Procter & Gamble
• Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Tiffany
• Harpreet Kaur, UN Development Programme
• Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
• Reem Khouri, Kaamen
• Liang Xiaohui, China National Textile and Apparel Council
• Mary Lou Maher, KPMG
• Marcela Manubens, Unilever
• Amol Mehra, Laudes Foundation
• Emna Mizouni, Tunis Hub
• Dante Pesce, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso-Chile
• Michael H. Posner, Stern School of Business, New York University
• Edward Santow, Australian Human Rights Commission
• Frank Seier, Novartis
• Matthias Stausberg, Virgin Group
• Michele Thatcher, PepsiCo
• Jenny Vaughan, Business for Social Responsibility
• Lene Wendland, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Brent Wilton, The Coca-Cola Company
• Ambet Yuson, Building and Wood Workers' International