Jörg Schmidt

With a main interest in Corporate Responsibility along global supply chains, including aspects of Business and Human Rights, I am active in applied research, teaching and consulting for companies and other organizations.
Jörg Schmidt has studied biology, forestry and agricultural sciences at the Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany, and graduated with a Master’s degree in Biology. He holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and later conducted further education in Sustainability Management at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.
Jörg Schmidt has professional experience as a researcher, project manager and lecturer in ecology, environmental sciences, sustainable development and corporate responsibility in consulting, academic and regulatory institutions in various countries.

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ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

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Explore how companies can understand, address and manage their human rights impacts. Discover links of business activities, global supply chains and human rights from different perspectives. Globalization includes the promise of economic development and wellbeing for all. However, from the early days of international trade until today this scarcely [...]