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Francesca Fairbairn

Francesca Fairbairn

Oceans, Commodities, and Academy Programme Manager, IHRB

Expertise

Francesca has fifteen years’ experience in business and human rights, initially in research and in developing corporate responsibility strategies, and subsequently as a sustainability consultant specialising in measuring corporate carbon footprint. She has worked at IHRB since 2015. 

Current work  

Francesca is Programme Manager for Oceans, Shipping, Commodities, and IHRB Academy.  

Before IHRB

Francesca graduated from Newcastle University and has a Masters in Population Studies from the LSE. She was an account executive at MORI before becoming a researcher and corporate responsibility consultant at Good Business. She has done volunteer work with several human rights and social organisations.

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A woman working on deck of a coastal transport vessel in polar region of Norway; same job as for male colleagues on a big ship with heavy weather and equipment. Equal job = equal pay.

Commentary: Delivering on Seafarers’ Rights - One Year On

In the last two years, seafarers' rights have been stretched to breaking point beyond the systemic issues that make life at sea far more challenging. They have been stretched to the point where many are choosing other careers, and shipowners and...

29 September 2022

By Francesca Fairbairn, Oceans, Commodities, and Academy Programme Manager, IHRB, Andrew Stephens, Executive Director, Sustainable Shipping Initiative

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