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Article

10 Nov 2015

Author:
Richard Boele, Partner, Human Rights and Social Impact at KPMG

What Ken Saro-Wiwa Taught Me

I met Ken In January 1993 when he attended the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) general assembly in The Hague, The Netherlands... I ended up having the extraordinary privilege of working with the Ogoni people in their struggle for social and environmental justice from their government and oil companies, especially Shell, almost daily for six years... Ken was relentless and always wanted better and more when I worked with him... I believe Ken Saro-Wiwa and Sir Geoffrey Chandler, the former Shell executive who led the UK Amnesty Business Group, were the two individuals who made the greatest contribution in bringing attention to the corporate responsibility to respect human rights...