Episodes

  • Catalonia’s housing revolution: where affordability meets sustainability

    Catalonia’s housing revolution: where affordability meets sustainability
    Dec 17 2025
    In this episode of Voices, IHRB’s Haley St Dennis and Ainara Fernandez discuss an emerging housing model in Catalonia, which is aligning decarbonisation efforts with solutions to address issues like affordability and extreme temperatures. Can Catalonia’s housing model be a blueprint for just transitions in other housing markets around the world?
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Just transitions in the Gujarat desert: a signal of a cleaner, fairer future for informal workers

    Just transitions in the Gujarat desert: a signal of a cleaner, fairer future for informal workers
    Nov 25 2025
    Solar power is reshaping life for Gujarat’s salt farmers. Haley St. Dennis talks with SEWA’s Reema Nanavaty about the partnerships and training behind this just transition—and how women like Manguben are moving from debt to becoming solar technicians and community leaders. This episode features an audio story from IHRB’s JUST Stories project.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Looking back, looking forward - the future of human rights and business (Part 2)

    Looking back, looking forward - the future of human rights and business (Part 2)
    Nov 19 2025
    How can the business and human rights agenda move forward amid the climate crisis, ongoing conflicts, and growing political divides? Join Brandee M. Butler, IHRB’s new CEO, and John Morrison, founding CEO, for a reflective and inspiring conversation about the future of business and human rights.
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    29 mins
  • Looking back, looking forward - lessons in human rights and business (Part 1)

    Looking back, looking forward - lessons in human rights and business (Part 1)
    Oct 28 2025
    In a special two-part series , join IHRB’s new CEO, Brandee M. Butler, and outgoing CEO, John Morrison, for a reflective and illuminating conversation on their work to strengthen respect for human rights in the business world - and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
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    37 mins
  • Are seafarers’ rights in crisis?

    Are seafarers’ rights in crisis?
    Sep 25 2025
    On World Maritime Day, join IHRB’s Francesca Fairbairn and Ben Bailey and Father Stephen Thanapaul from Mission to Seafarers for a discussion on seafarers' rights. What are the most pressing challenges facing seafarers? What protections do they need? What action is needed from the maritime industry? Are there examples of shipping companies getting it right?
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    29 mins
  • Are business practices intensifying water scarcity?

    Are business practices intensifying water scarcity?
    Aug 28 2025

    Climate change has put a spotlight on our relationship with natural resources, especially water. In many parts of the world, the water scarcity crisis is being intensified by companies.

    Salil Tripathi from IHRB speaks to Peter Waldman, a senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek, and to Ravi Mariwala, the Founder and Chief Executive of an Indian water management company called Smaart Water. Peter has been documenting growing global tensions around access to water, whilst Ravi’s company provides sustainable and safe water services for businesses, governments, and consumers.

    Together they discuss the impact of commodifying water; how small farmers and local communities are campaigning for greater access to water in Senegal, Australia and California; and what responsible and sustainable water management looks like in practice.
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    38 mins
  • What key moments have shaped corporate responsibility?

    What key moments have shaped corporate responsibility?
    Aug 14 2025
    How did the business and human rights movement evolve? What important moments and historic cases have helped shape responsible business today? Anita Ramasastry, Professor of Law at the University of Washington and faculty member on IHRB’s Masters course in Business and Human Rights, joins IHRB’s Salil Tripathi to discuss the evolution of the business and human rights movement by exploring the pivotal moments that shaped it.
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    21 mins
  • Human rights reporting and disclosure - what’s the view from the ground amidst evolving EU regulation?

    Human rights reporting and disclosure - what’s the view from the ground amidst evolving EU regulation?
    Jul 15 2025
    IHRB's Vicky Bowman speaks to Giles Bolton from membership body Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI); Natalie Grillon from Open Supply Hub; and Emily Casswell from clothing retailer Bestseller. Together, they explore the role of voluntary standards and reporting to strengthen transparency in global supply chains and how these link to evolving regulatory requirements.
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    47 mins