Amol Mehra – Director of Industry Programmes at Laudes Foundation
Amol Mehra, Esq. is a recognised leader in the fields of business and human rights, just transitions and people-centered climate action. He currently serves as Director of Industry Programmes at Laudes Foundation.
In his role, Amol oversees global programmes and teams to deploy philanthropic funding across the built environment, fashion, food, finance and labour rights to inspire and challenge industry to transition to a green, fair and inclusive economy. Amol also serves on the Management Team of the foundation.
Amol has helped develop major philanthropic donor collaboratives across a range of climate and rights issues, including the Just Transitions Donor Alliance, the Labora Fund in Brazil, Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy (FORGE) and the Adaptation and Resilience Funder Collaborative.
Amol currently serves as a Board Member of EarthRights International, on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Equitable Transition, and on the Advisory Council for the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern.
Previously, Amol was Managing Director of the Freedom Fund, a leader in the global movement to end modern slavery, and served as founding Executive Director of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), a leading business and human rights organisation.
Amol’s work has appeared in the Washington Post, the World Economic Forum, Alliance, Huffington Post, Forbes, CSRWire, the Guardian, National Public Radio (NPR), as well as in various legal journals and periodicals.
Amol holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree with Honors in International Law from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
