About CSHR

Who We Are

We approach ESG, human rights, and AI as matters of enterprise governance and risk management, not communications strategies or static compliance exercises. Our work begins with how decisions are made in practice: where accountability sits, how risk is identified and escalated, and how issues are surfaced and addressed. From there, we help organizations strengthen governance, oversight, and internal alignment in ways that reflect real operating conditions.

The Center for Sustainability and Human Rights (CSHR) advises companies, private equity firms, family offices and other investors who need ESG and human rights to operate as governed, auditable systems amid increasing scrutiny. We work closely with executive leadership, boards, legal and compliance teams, sustainability leaders, and investment committees to support informed, well‑governed decision‑making as expectations continue to evolve. CSHR was founded to address a simple reality: expectations have outpaced governance.

How We Work

Our work focuses on execution—how responsibility is assigned, how risk is identified, and how decisions hold up when examined. We start from the decisions you are making and the scrutiny you face. We map accountability, escalation, and evidence, then help design governance that is practical for operators, credible to investors and regulators, and sustainable over time. Most engagements are delivered virtually, with focused working sessions and concise, decision-ready outputs.

Experience

CSHR’s experience spans regulated and investor-facing sectors where ESG, human rights, and AI governance now materially influence risk and valuation. This includes work with operating companies navigating new expectations, private capital assessing portfolio-level exposure, and long-term asset stewards balancing risk, return, and reputation. Recent engagements have included organization-wide advisory on AI governance strategy, portfolio human rights risk mapping, and governance diagnostics and human rights risk for regulated entities.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients come to CSHR when they need an independent perspective, clear framing of trade-offs, and evidence that will withstand internal and external challenges. We prioritize candor, disciplined scoping, work products and practical implementation plans, rather than standalone policy and new layers of bureaucracy, that are used in boardrooms, with investment committees, and in regulatory conversations. Our goal is to leave you with clearer accountability, better decisions, and credible governance that can withstand scrutiny over time.

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Understanding Risk in Practice

ESG and human rights exposure do not appear the same way across organizations; they emerge through how work is done, how third parties are engaged, and how oversight is exercised. CSHR brings experience across complex operating environments where ESG and human rights risk are most likely to surface, particularly where supply chains, labor models, technology, and public accountability intersect.

Private Equity & Investors
Asset- and portfolio-level risk assessment, governance alignment, and decision support across diligence, ownership, and oversight, defining where exposure sits, what should be escalated, and how to align governance with investor expectations.

Aviation, Logistics & Hospitality
Aviation, logistics, and hospitality face human rights and trafficking risk through complex labor, subcontracting, and supplier networks—areas where governance and prevention controls matter most.

Healthcare Systems & Services
Advisory support for leadership teams clarifying oversight, strengthening human rights and ESG governance, making risk visible across the organization environments, including workforce complexity and supply-chain dependency.

MedTech & Digital Systems
Advisory support on operational governance across the AI lifecycle, establishing defensible AI governance and human rights oversight as products move from development into clinical and commercial use.

Manufacturing, Textiles, Apparel & Consumer Goods
Advisory support to surface and govern AI, ESG and human rights risk across global supply chains, subcontracting, and labor-intensive sourcing that creates risk, often sitting outside the core business.

CSHR FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL

Jessica West

Jessica advises leadership teams and investors in complex, highly regulated environments on governance architecture, institutional risk alignment, and responsible innovation. She brings more than 15 years of experience across sustainability, supply chains, corporate communications, and strategic advisory, with a focus on ESG, human rights, and AI governance. Her work centers on designing practical governance systems that clarify accountability, strengthen oversight, and connect risk management to regulatory resilience, reputational stability, and long‑term institutional credibility.

Where appropriate, her advisory work is supported by structured governance frameworks that help organizations clarify scope, manage cost, and move efficiently from assessment to implementation.