BSR at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Geneva, Switzerland

November 25-27

We invite you to join BSR at the following events and engage with fellow sustainability leaders on building a just and sustainable world.

BSR Staff at the UN Forum for Business and Human Rights

Kindra Mohr, Associate Director, BSR

Associate Director, BSR

New York

Bringing her expertise as a business and human rights attorney, Kindra leads BSR's work at the intersection of finance and human rights.

Kindra has nearly 15 years of experience in advancing human rights, social and environmental sustainability, and access to remedy within the financial sector. She advises financial institutions and their corporate clients and investees on innovative solutions to prevent and address human rights risks and impacts on the ground, including through stakeholder engagement and the development of grievance mechanisms.

Previously, Kindra consulted for the International Finance Corporation and worked with clients at PwC to integrate best practices into their corporate governance frameworks. She also worked for the US Senate and served for five years as the Policy Director for a global nonprofit, advocating with communities for environmental and social protections and access to remedy in international finance. In addition, Kindra has lived and worked for nonprofits in Argentina, Haiti, and Peru on access to justice and corporate accountability.

Kindra obtained her law degree at Boston College and holds a MA in International Economics and International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Jenna Kowalevsky, Former Manager, Human Rights, BSR

Orissa Erwin-Rose, Manager, Responsible Tech, BSR

Manager, Responsible Tech, BSR

San Francisco

Orissa helps companies identify, address, and report on the human and child rights impacts of their technology products and services. She also works with governmental and civil society partners to develop tools and best practices for industry.

As a core member of our child rights team, Orissa led BSR’s collaboration with UNICEF to develop a Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) methodology for companies developing or deploying technology products. She also worked with UNICEF to design a first-of-its-kind set of disclosures on child rights impacts that companies can incorporate into public reporting.

Orissa conducts CRIAs for large platforms and AI products and supports companies with integrating child rights considerations into systemic risk assessments. She also leads child engagement activities and advises companies on how to design reporting mechanisms that are accessible to children and aligned with human rights principles and relevant technology regulations. When not working on child rights, Orissa assesses systemic risks per the EU DSA, the human rights impacts of Generative AI and cloud technologies, and helps member companies implement their human rights priorities.

Orissa earned an MS in Information Management and Systems from UC Berkeley and a BA in History with honors from Scripps College.

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Richard Wingfield, Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

Director, Responsible Tech, BSR

London

Richard co-leads BSR's Responsible Technology, working with companies that develop and use technology to build human rights considerations and practices into their products, services, and policies. He brings a strong understanding of international human rights law and standards and how to translate the corporate responsibility to respect human rights into practice for companies of different sizes and sectors.

Richard is particularly experienced in supporting companies with their regulatory requirements where these touch upon human rights considerations, and has worked with many companies undertaking risk assessments required by the EU's Digital Services Act and UK's Online Safety Act.

Prior to joining BSR, Richard led the legal and policy team at Global Partners Digital, an international human rights organization focused on the impacts of digital technologies on human rights.

Richard holds a LLB in Law and European Law from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified lawyer in England and Wales.