Business and Human Rights remains a space that is still being negotiated across legal systems, markets, and local contexts. It is no longer a question of whether BHR will shape the future of business practice, but rather about how that transition will be navigated in contexts like Sri Lanka – aligning global expectations, local institutional capacity, and everyday realities and concerns of companies and communities.

This article takes a look back at insights shared in an interview series produced by Echelon and CSF earlier this year. The series brought together policymakers, financial sector leaders, conservation practitioners, tourism experts, and private-sector innovators to explore how Sri Lanka can integrate natural capital into its economic recovery.  

From Spain’s Riders Law to Singapore’s new Platform Workers Bill, countries are beginning to rethink what flexibility and fairness mean in the age of algorithmic work. This is becoming crucial because the next chapter of the gig economy will not be written by apps or algorithms, but by how societies choose to value those who keep them running.