Eryn Schornick

Business Engagement Lead, JUST Stories, Just Transitions Programme, IHRB

Eryn leads business engagement for JUST Stories, working with companies, investors, and other decision-makers to examine the real-world challenges of delivering a just transition. Her work brings business perspectives into dialogue with the experiences of workers and communities affected by transition decisions, with a particular focus on difficult choices, competing interests, and what can be learned from how these challenges are addressed in practice.

Expertise

Eryn Schornick has more than 15 years of experience working across business and human rights, climate and environmental issues, responsible investment, governance, and corporate accountability.

Her work examines how business decisions, financial systems, and public policy affect people and the environment, and how companies, investors, and policymakers can respond more effectively to these impacts. She has led cross-border research, investigations, and advisory work, working with civil society organisations, international institutions, investors, companies, and affected communities.

Before IHRB

Before joining IHRB, Eryn advised civil society organisations, international institutions, and investors on corporate accountability, responsible investment, climate and biodiversity, human rights, anti-corruption, and financial transparency. Her recent work has included research on the human rights implications of the energy transition, corporate and financial-sector impacts on climate and biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples' rights, and environmental and social safeguards.

Earlier in her career, Eryn worked at Global Witness, where her work on corporate transparency contributed to the passage of the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act. She has also led investigations into illicit financial flows and transnational organized crime and held research, advocacy, and leadership roles focused on responsible business and investment. She is the founder of Sēk Strategies, an independent research, investigations, and advisory firm.

Eryn is a New York-licensed attorney and holds a Juris Doctor and a B.S.B.A. in Finance and International Business. She works in English and Spanish.