“Human rights aren’t things that happen over there. They show up in everyday business decisions.” – Chloe Poynton

Chloe Poynton is the co-founder of Article One Advisors, a global consultancy that works with companies to put people and human rights at the center of business, from supply chains and product design to emerging technology and AI governance. They have partnered with organizations ranging from major consumer brands to tech platforms and manufacturers, helping them move beyond surface-level compliance towards real change.

Chloe shares her path from humanitarian work in refugee camps with the UN and why she shifted to working with businesses. We talk about what actually changes when businesses stop treating human rights as a compliance exercise and start treating them as a lived responsibility.

What we talk about:

• The difference between preventing harm vs repairing harm — might sound simple, but it isn’t!
• Why every company has a responsibility to human rights, whether they acknowledge it or not
• How incentives, governance, and KPIs directly shape ethical outcomes
• Real stories of uncovering and remediating harm inside complex global companies
• What it means that the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is a process document
• How AI changes the scale of risk, but NOT the underlying responsibility
• What gives Chloe hope, even in a turbulent moment for values-led work

Join us to talk about how care, accountability, and dignity can be implemented inside large, messy systems, and why centering people in business is often about designing better structures to hold them and their work.

This interview covers a lot of ground with a lot of heart.