Business, Human Rights and Environment - Webinar

Savita is a Master’s graduate in the field of International Relations from the University of Nottingham and she received her Bachelor’s in Communications from Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She has worked as a research assistant at the University of Nottingham on a project entitled ‘Enhancement of Manufacturing and Oil Palm Third-Party Audits Compliance and Due Diligence with Certification Bodies and Industry Players in Malaysia.’ Combining her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, Savita uses videos, narratives, and essays to create awareness about human rights issues such as migration & forced labour, refugee protection, and HIV/AIDS. She also works with lawmakers, civil society organisations, and human rights activists to lobby for policy changes.

Radu Mares is a senior researcher at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights. He has Doctor of Law (2006) and Associate Professor (Reader/Docent) (2012) degrees from the Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden. He is specialised in the area of business and human rights, with a focus on multinational enterprises and global supply chains. His work combines transnational law, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility perspectives.

Anisha Rajapakse is a senior global expert with two decades of progressive experience working at the intersection of human rights, business and international development. Till recently she was Europe-based, and was previously the Director of Stakeholder Engagement at the Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) – supporting companies to ethically recruit and manage workforces and mitigate the risk of illegal and unethical exploitation. By employing an approach that is responsive rather than reactive, she has been instrumental in facilitating positive change in global supply chains. Anisha is a member on the global board of directors of the Rainforest Alliance.

Savita is a Master’s graduate in the field of International Relations from the University of Nottingham and she received her Bachelor’s in Communications from Taylor’s University, Malaysia. She has worked as a research assistant at the University of Nottingham on a project entitled ‘Enhancement of Manufacturing and Oil Palm Third-Party Audits Compliance and Due Diligence with Certification Bodies and Industry Players in Malaysia.’ Combining her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, Savita uses videos, narratives, and essays to create awareness about human rights issues such as migration & forced labour, refugee protection, and HIV/AIDS. She also works with lawmakers, civil society organisations, and human rights activists to lobby for policy changes.

Roberto is the Executive Director of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Malaysia, a Global Network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Roberto strives is to assist businesses accelerate the transition to a sustainable world by offering tools, methodologies and training to support the embedment of sustainability into corporate strategy and operations. With over twenty years’ experience, Roberto’s career includes several senior general management positions with both fortune-500 companies and start-ups, in countries such as Italy, UK, Spain. His main skills include international relations and business facilitation, strategic business planning, general management, marketing and business development. Roberto holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Italy and an MA in Marketing from Lincoln University, UK. Roberto is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Malaya, Asia Europe Institute Malaysia working on a research project on business sustainability.