AGENDA

Roundtable Discussion on

Business, Human Rights and the Environment:
Priority Actions for Government
and Multilateral Organizations in Asia 

6 May 2021, 14:00 – 15:30 BKK

14:00 Introductions and objectives
Sean Lees, UNDP Business and Human Rights Specialist

14:05 Keynote Remarks 
Dr. Surya Deva, Vice-Chair, Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Isabelle De Stobbeleir, Trade Counselor, European Commission 

14:15 Survey results: Business, Human Rights, and the Environment 
Sean Lees, UNDP Business and Human Rights Specialist

14:20 Roundtable discussion 

14:50 Breakout room discussion  

15:20 Report back and conclusions

Roundtable Speakers

• Brynn O’Brien (Australia)
  Executive Director, ACCR
  
• Roberto Cadiz (Philippines)
  Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission of the Philippines|
  
• Hemantha Withanage (Sri Lanka)
  Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice
• Shankar Venkateswaran (India)
  Advisor - Sustainability, Business, Society
  Co-Founder, ECube Climate Finance
• Victor Bernard (Indonesia)
  Programme Officer, Regional Asia and the Pacific Programme, RWI 
• Wora Suk (Cambodia)
  Mekong Campaign Coordinator
  Business and Human Rights Advocacy, EarthRights International 

Breakout group facilitators

• Georgina Llyod – UNEP, Regional Coordinator, Environmental Law and Governance
• Angela Kariuki – UNEP, Legal Officer, International Environmental Law
• Livio Sarandrea – UNDP, Business and Human Rights Advisor