Simon Töpfer is a Business and Human Rights Adviser at Beyond Human Rights Compliance where he works on providing practical advice to different actors on human rights and environmental due diligence. Over several years, he has worked with clients across different sectors, including the agricultural, textiles and chemcial industries.
His projects have entailed the development of tools, trainings and guidance on risk management, risk assessments, grievance mechanisms as well as stakeholder engagement through human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) and sector-wide dialogues. Across these, he bridges both human rights and environmental topics and legal, practical and rightsholder-based realms.
Simon holds a Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He is fluent in German, English and Portuguese.