Business & Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Business & Human Rights in the Eastern Partnership

Candid conversations with the experts, policymakers and companies shaping responsible business in times of conflict – across Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

  • Ukraine
  • Moldova
  • Georgia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan

Latest episode

Episode 04

AI and Human Rights: How Do We Build Responsible Tech in Georgia?

with Natia Khukhunaishvili

Hosted by Akaki Kukhaleishvili

23:30

SustainableBiz: Business and human rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

ABOUT THE SERIES

Brief conversations on the region’s toughest questions.

Made for professionals working at the intersection of business, human rights and sustainability. Each episode pairs a host with a leading voice from the region for a focused, no-filler conversation you can finish on a commute.
  1. Responsible business conduct in conflict-affected markets.
  2. What EU legal developments mean for the Eastern Partnership.
  3. How companies put human rights into practice – in their own words.
THE EPISODES

Ten conversations. Four live now.

EP 01

Building a Regional Business and Human Rights Community: Almost Ten Years of Change

Beata Faracik

Host: Olena Uvarova

Nearly a decade of building a regional BHR community – what changed, what held, what comes next.

EP 02

National Baseline Assessment on BHR in Moldova: Main Findings

Olesea Perean

Host: Jessica Johansson (Swedwatch)

Inside Moldova's national baseline assessment – what it found and what comes next.

EP 03

What It Takes to Put Human Rights into Business Practice: AIS Georgia's Experience

Nana Berdzenishvili

Host: Akaki Kukhaleishvili (UNGC Georgia)

A company's own account of turning human-rights commitments into day-to-day operations.

EP 04

AI and Human Rights: How Do We Build Responsible Tech in Georgia?

Natia Khukhunaishvili

Host: Akaki Kukhaleishvili (UNGC Georgia)

What responsible technology looks like from inside a software delivery team – where AI, ethics and human rights meet in practice.

EP 05

Environmental Impacts of War

Source International · Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Host: Swedwatch

How investigators document war crimes and the environmental toll of conflict.

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SERIES

Produced in partnership, funded for impact

Part of Sustainable business for responsible economic development in the Eastern Partnership.

Podcast series by:

CEECA BHRA

Delivered in cooperation with:

Swedwatch Global Compact Network Georgia Partner IBDOM Östgruppen FAU

Produced by:

Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business