Anton Mifsud-Bonnici is a Mediterranean-based independent business advocate. He specialises in ESG master strategy related to the low carbon energy transition. He is a thought leader on governance and an expert in stakeholder management and relationship building. He serves as a Commissioner overseeing the ongoing review of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights multi-stakeholder initiative. He has earlier worked with the UN and BP. He advises on peace making in Mozambique and gender fairness in Sierra Leone.

Egbert Wesselink is a historian by training and serves as Senior Advisor with PAX, the Dutch peace movement. Before joining PAX he worked at the Dutch parliament, as a teacher in a French Lycée d’État, as Human Rights officer with UNTAC, and as a Russia/Caucasus expert with the UNHCR. He has been deeply involved with civil society in Russia and continues to be so  today.

At PAX, he leads the programme on Natural Resources, Conflict and Human Rights, focussing on the impacts of business enterprises on the rights and interests of communities in general and in Sudan, South Sudan, DRC and Colombia in particular. He has been actively involved in multi-stakeholder initiatives, including the Dutch Coal Dialogue and Bettercoal, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. His report Unpaid Debt instigated a Swedish war crimes investigation into the oil company Lundin Energy AB that led to the indictment of two executive managers and is expected to go to court in 2022.

in Toronto on the sidelines of the Voluntary Principles Plenary Meeting in May, 

Mark Dickinson began his maritime career at age 16 and has been advocating for seafarers for several decades. He was instrumental in the original drafting of the Maritime Labour Convention, and leads the seafarers' representatives delegation at the STC in pushing for improvements to the convention.

In this Voices Podcast Neill Wilkins from IHRB talks to Spenser Bomholt Fain, Global Programme Manager at Quizrr a digital training platform which is used in the supply chains of a growing number of International Brands.

Jump-to points: 

(1:00) What is Quizrr?

(3:34) How does Quizrr work?

(5:20) User centricity in Quizrr’s work

(6:00) Suppliers gain from Quizrr

(9:00) Quizrr and Responsible Recruitment

(11:00) Sectors covered by Quizrr

Jump-to:

(00:45) The case of labour rights in the apparel industry

(1:30) What is Transparentem?

(2:50) What does the Transparentum report cover?

(4:35) Audits beyond the apparel industry

(7:00)  Suppliers and their methods to conceal labour abuses

(8:00) Why would workers lie during audits?

(11:10) Concerning examples of recruitment agencies methods for extortion 

(15:30) Do legislations on supply chains impact audit practices?

(18:40) Next steps for Transparentem