Human Rights

Looking at climate from the social angle

November 27, 2019

An NFL fullback, teen activists, a National Geographic photographer and others provide provocative talks about critical equity-climate connections.

Let's raise the bar on human rights

November 22, 2019

By Lise Kingo

A persisting lack of transparency and public communication makes it difficult to hold companies accountable. Can we change that?

Dig for legitimacy: The case for good ESG in mining

September 12, 2019

By Jonathan Brooks

Increasing scrutiny has delivered major improvements in the mining industry’s approach to environmental and social governance.

Three ways business is combating modern slavery

September 4, 2019

By Shubha Chandra

Around the world, more than 100 goods are probably produced with forced labor.

How business can affect human rights: 4 lessons from peacebuilding and development

September 3, 2019

By Jenny Vaughan

We can do more to proactively protect the well-being of people in communities where businesses operate — with the power of the private sector.

Rethinking conservation: the Amazon through the lens of a NatGeo photographer

July 15, 2019

By Joel Makower

The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Is conserving natural resources in the Amazon rainforest as black-and-white as we think?

Artificial intelligence and human rights: We need to talk about the use phase

June 28, 2019

By Dunstan Allison-Hope and Michaela Lee

AI is being used for sustainability and other purposes in transportation and mining and so much more, but the technology companies involved must not forget to put people first.