Ep 122 – Sustainability: Understanding the Human Rights Impacts of Business, with Ro Coroneos

Today we are talking about human rights policy, within a corporate context, with my guest Ro Coroneos. Join us!

 

 

In this episode, we are talking about… 

• How governments have a duty to uphold human rights, whilst corporates have a duty to respect them
• The requirement of organisations to remedy situations when rights are impacted
• How human rights policies must be embedded in organisational operating culture, values and behaviour through change management and communications strategies
• Human rights as an essential measure of business performance
• And the need for greater transparency of how social risks are being managed by organisations, due to heightened investor pressure
• An organisation’s first step, is to review the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

 

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Ro said:

“The critical thing about organisations that demonstrate a respect for human rights is that you can see there are commitments practically in a company’s behaviour.” (Ro Coroneos, guest on Her Ambitious Career podcast)

Links:

• Google ‘human rights positioning statements’ for inspiration
• UN Global Compact
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
• OECD Guidelines 
• International Labour Organisation
• Australian Human Rights Commission

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About Ro:

Ro Coroneos is Head of Responsible Sourcing for Lendlease, an Australian ASX listed integrated real estate company.  Her expertise and passion is the ‘S’ in ESG, ranging from business responses to human rights and modern slavery risk, to measuring social impact and value.

Ro was recipient of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s business award in 2016, for her guide on inclusive design in urban spaces.  Her work in establishing a pop-up college in partnership with TAFE NSW, for the Barangaroo urban regeneration project in Sydney, upskilled over 11,000 construction workers during the project period, and won several awards for innovation excellence.

In her spare time Ro is (very) slowly, working on a collection of poems.

 

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. I’ve worked for 12 years now as a coach and have helped women at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence and Coles. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!