Deep Dive - Richard Howitt on the Record and Future of the Movement
10 June 2020
In this Voices deep dive, former Member of the European Parliament and CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), Richard Howitt speaks with IHRB’s John Morrison about his own experience battling an intense case of COVID-19 as well as his reflections on the track record and future of the business and human rights movement.
Scanning the horizon, Howitt and Morrison share their prognoses on global trade and the peculiar case of the UK post-Brexit, the warming reception to mandatory human rights due diligence regulation, and the wake up call that business should be heeding from the Black Lives Matter movement.
As part of events to mark our 10th anniversary in 2019, IHRB prepared a report looking back at what has been achieved and what remains to be done in making respect for human rights an integral part of everyday business practice. The report also examined recent developments as well as new opportunities and threats to the business and human rights movement.
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