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a transition to renewable energy will never be just if it relies on Uyghur forced labor

New Research Warns That Investors, Governments Are Not Adequately Addressing Uyghur Forced Labour Risks in Renewable Energy Sector

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

FOR PRESS INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT: Anti-Slavery International: Jessica Turner on +447789936383 or email us at media@antislavery.org . The Investor Alliance for Human Rights: Susana McDermott on + 1-201-417-9060 or smcdermott@iccr.org . Helen Kennedy Centre for International Justice: Caroline Dale...

UK Pension Schemes Should Pay Attention To Reinsurers' ESG Policies

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Reinsurers are still developing ESG policies. UK pension schemes should use their influence to push insurers to apply their ESG policies toward reinsurance partners.

In the Eye of the AI Storm

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

As artificial intelligence’s influence continues to spread and regulation begin to arrive, investors must be able to hold companies accountable on governance.

Respecting the Rights of Human Rights Defenders: People at the Forefront of Protecting our Rights & our Shared Planet

Monday, December 18, 2023

By Christen Dobson, Co-Head, Civic Freedoms & Human Rights Defenders Programme, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Twenty-five years ago, the landmark Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted by the UN General Assembly reinforcing that we all have the right to defend human rights. It...

Logos of businesses and investors who suport an ambitious CSDDD

December 2023: Joint Letter calling for EU policymakers to adopt the CSDDD

Monday, December 11, 2023

Together with over 40 different stakeholders from the business community, financial sector, NGOs and trade unions, we have joined forces and sent a letter to EU policymakers. We call on EUon EU negotiators to reach a political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)...

Information Is Power, But Who Decides How Much We (or They) Have a Right to Know?

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

An open consultation took place at today’s Forum, as the UN Working Group prepares a report for June next year on how to align Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approaches in the financial sector with the UN Guiding Principles. Speakers called on investors to themselves use a rightsholder...

Business support for Indigenous Peoples' rights, including FPIC, Human Rights Defenders and meaningful stakeholder engagement in the CSDDD

Monday, November 27, 2023

Throughout the human rights and environmental due diligence process, businesses should meaningfully engage with actually and potentially affected stakeholders or their appointed representatives.