RISHI SHER SINGH
MBA- University of Birmingham (UK)
Rishi Sher Singh is a specialist in Business & Human Rights (B&HR) and his key areas of implementation are UN Guiding Principles (Pillar 2 & 3) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs- 1,5,10, 12 & 17). For creating positive Human Rights impacts in the value chains, Rishi’s work is led by the principle of meaningful dialogue with businesses, stakeholders and rightsholders.
Some of Rishi’s impactful work includes Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIA) for multinational companies, impact assessment of development projects, mapping of Mica supply chain in India, enabling Gender Equality within factories and promoting circular economy. At Hewlett Packard Company (2005-10), Rishi piloted a unique capacity building model for suppliers & contract manufacturers, which was instrumental in shaping HP’s current supplier capability programme. Rishi has directly trained more than 1,150 managers and workers on Responsible Business practices and facilitated various multistakeholder forums on Business & Human Rights- in the Electronics sector (in Chennai) and Garments sector (India & Bangladesh).
