Full Name
Ms. Anita Househam
Job Title
Senior Manager, Global Compact LEAD & Supply Chain Sustainability
Company
UN Global Compact
Speaker Bio
Anita Househam is a Policy & Legal Adviser for the United Nations Global Compact. In this capacity, she oversees the UN Global Compact integrity measures and advises companies and other stakeholders on their policy commitment to the Global Compact. She is also issue manager for the supply chain sustainability workstream, and provides programme management support for various initiatives under the human rights and labour-related principles of the Global Compact, including the Children’s Rights and Business Principles.
Before joining the Global Compact in February 2010, Ms. Househam worked as a Client Relationship Manager for a London-based sustainable investment research organisation as well as Programme Coordinator for the MFA Forum, a multistakeholder initiative focusing on sustainable supply chains in the textile industry, at AccountAbility.
Ms. Househam has an Honours LLB (Bachelor of Laws) in European Legal Studies from Lancaster University and graduated in 2005 with a Masters of International Business Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Before joining the Global Compact in February 2010, Ms. Househam worked as a Client Relationship Manager for a London-based sustainable investment research organisation as well as Programme Coordinator for the MFA Forum, a multistakeholder initiative focusing on sustainable supply chains in the textile industry, at AccountAbility.
Ms. Househam has an Honours LLB (Bachelor of Laws) in European Legal Studies from Lancaster University and graduated in 2005 with a Masters of International Business Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
