Sharan Burrow is a global advocate for human rights, climate action and Just Transition. She is the Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (2010-2022. Previously she was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (2000–2010.)
Sharan is well known for her international advocacy on employment, human rights, industrial relations, corporate responsibility and climate action with just transition solutions.
She has represented workers and civil society groups in global policy discussions in United Nations bodies, on the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation as well as at the tables of the G7, G20, World Bank and International Monetary Fund. She has twice been a Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
Sharan is currently a Visiting Professor in Practice to the LSE-Grantham Institute, a Vice-Chair of the European Climate Foundation, a board member of the Green Hydrogen Association, Co-Chair of the IEA Labour Council, Chair of the Curtain University Institute for Energy Transition Advisory Council and Commissioner for the Global Commission on Climate Governance.
Courts have heard over 3,000 climate-related cases globally. The signs are there that climate litigation is a growing risk that businesses must account for
La desigualdad salarial ha aumentado considerablemente en las últimas décadas. Siete expertos explican cómo las empresas y los gobiernos pueden hacer frente a la desigualdad garantizando ...
Wage inequality has risen considerably over recent decades. Seven experts explain how companies and governments can tackle inequality by ensuring fairer wages.
The manufacturing industry must transform in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This will require leadership support and learning from industry collaborations.
Technology and COVID-19 threaten to exacerbate existing social inequalities. Sharan Burrow of the International Trade Union Confederation explains why.
Technology can help improve lives for workers, or lead us back to "feudalism" - it's up to us, argues the head of the International Trade Union Confederation
Global GDP has trebled since 1980, yet labour income share has declined. A new social contract based on full employment and decent work would rebuild trust and restore genuine democracies.
Some 85% of the world’s workforce want the rules of the global economy rewritten, at a time of intense risk.
The world is facing a huge decent work deficit, and the rules of the global economy need to change. Some 84% of people believe that the minimum wage in their country is too low to guarant...
"There are no jobs on a dead planet," says Sharan Burrow.
When women are expected to bear the burden of unpaid work, everyone loses, writes Sharan Burrow, head of the ITUC.
A new model of business and economic development must ensure everybody's sons and daughters are treated as we would expect our own to be.
From climate change to migration, many of this year's global risks are already affecting people everywhere.
