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Scaling with AI: Creating the First Child Labour Index | Founder and CEO @ HACE | Eleanor Harry

April 30, 2024 Burns Sheehan Season 9 Episode 9
Scaling with AI: Creating the First Child Labour Index | Founder and CEO @ HACE | Eleanor Harry
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Scaling with AI: Creating the First Child Labour Index | Founder and CEO @ HACE | Eleanor Harry
Apr 30, 2024 Season 9 Episode 9
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With 160 million children in child labour globally, a number that is increasing, Eleanor has a visionary approach to tackling the issue; using data and AI to power the Child Labour Index, a solution to enable investors to identify child labour risk in their portfolio companies and engage effectively.

HACE's Child Labour Index is an AI-powered specialised ESG rating, scoring companies and portfolios in relation to three performance indicators in the specific area of child labour.

Eleanor was named as the ‘Woman of the Year: 2022’ at the FDM’s everywoman in Tech Award for her tireless work in advocating for adequate representation of women in the Tech and AI field.

Eleanor’s mission: Data Changing Child Labour is to eradicate child labour in company supply chains. She has 13 years of experience in the field, with extensive commodity-specific work in the cotton, fishing and ready-made garment industries. Eleanor has contributed to international UN literature surrounding child labour including Delta 8.7’s ‘Markets’ Policy Guides and the recent Code 8.7 Symposium. She also sits on the UN’s UK Global Compact Child Labour Working Group.

HACE is supported by the likes of KPNG, NatWest, Innovate UK and more, with data points across 55,000 publicly listed companies.
 

This episode covers:

  •  How Eleanor has harnessed AI to scale her business working on a Child Labour Index
  • Technology's role in Social Justice
  •  Diversity in Tech and The Need for Diversity at Build Stage
  • HACE's Funding Journey, and the Female Founder Journey
  • Purpose in Business

Follow The Start-Up Diaries Podcast on LinkedIn, Instagram, or find more free content from the Tech Recruitment Specialists powering The Start-Up Diaries - Burns Sheehan.

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Send us a Text Message.

With 160 million children in child labour globally, a number that is increasing, Eleanor has a visionary approach to tackling the issue; using data and AI to power the Child Labour Index, a solution to enable investors to identify child labour risk in their portfolio companies and engage effectively.

HACE's Child Labour Index is an AI-powered specialised ESG rating, scoring companies and portfolios in relation to three performance indicators in the specific area of child labour.

Eleanor was named as the ‘Woman of the Year: 2022’ at the FDM’s everywoman in Tech Award for her tireless work in advocating for adequate representation of women in the Tech and AI field.

Eleanor’s mission: Data Changing Child Labour is to eradicate child labour in company supply chains. She has 13 years of experience in the field, with extensive commodity-specific work in the cotton, fishing and ready-made garment industries. Eleanor has contributed to international UN literature surrounding child labour including Delta 8.7’s ‘Markets’ Policy Guides and the recent Code 8.7 Symposium. She also sits on the UN’s UK Global Compact Child Labour Working Group.

HACE is supported by the likes of KPNG, NatWest, Innovate UK and more, with data points across 55,000 publicly listed companies.
 

This episode covers:

  •  How Eleanor has harnessed AI to scale her business working on a Child Labour Index
  • Technology's role in Social Justice
  •  Diversity in Tech and The Need for Diversity at Build Stage
  • HACE's Funding Journey, and the Female Founder Journey
  • Purpose in Business

Follow The Start-Up Diaries Podcast on LinkedIn, Instagram, or find more free content from the Tech Recruitment Specialists powering The Start-Up Diaries - Burns Sheehan.

Introduction to Eleanor Harry and Hace (00:00-05:00)
The Complexity of Child Labor
Development of the Child Labour Index
Role of Technology in Social Impact
Climate Emergency and ESG
Measuring a Social Issue
Female Funding
Purpose-Driven Business Strategy
The Importance of Networking and Support