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Essential ESG: Episode 18 – Responsible business in conflict-affected and high-risk areas

Monday, April 15, 2024
In the latest episode of Corrs' Essential ESG podcast, Eloise O'Brien and special guest Dr Jonathan Kolieb (Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University) discuss responsible business conduct in the context of armed conflict.

The business case for human rights? Why financial risk is a dangerous argument

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The business case paradigm for human rights emphasizes a profit-based incentive for companies to respect human rights. Rights practitioners should be aware of this framework’s pitfalls.

Investors Push for Human Rights Data

Friday, March 29, 2024
The Investor Initiative on Human Rights Data will target big data and proxy houses to support just transition to a nature-positive and net-zero world.

ILO: Forced Labour Lines Private Sector Pockets

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Research finds negligible decline in state-imposed forced labour despite regulation, as Asia’s central position on issue draws eyes to Uyghur solar supply chain risk.

Securing Big Tech Disclosures in 2024's Year of Democracy 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
By Alexandra Pardal, Interim Co-Executive Director of Digital Action This year, more than 2 billion people are voting in over 65 elections across the world, making this a pivotal  Year of Democracy in the largest megacycle of elections of the internet age. But the biggest online platforms and...

US Environmental and Social Proposals Hit New Heights

Thursday, March 7, 2024
More than 370 votes were held last year, breaking a record for the third consecutive year, but shareholder support has been receding.

Investors Encouraged by Support for Apple AI Proposal

Thursday, February 29, 2024
Growing pressure from shareholders for robust ethical guidelines and governance structures seen as sending signal to policymakers.

Kirkland ESG Roundup

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Investor Alliance for Human Rights files 14 shareholder proposals at Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta.

AkademikerPension Holds Tech Firms to Account

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Amazon and Meta are among the companies targeted by 14 recent shareholder proposals by IAHR members, citing social harms including misinformation risks.
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Investors Say Tech Companies are Failing to Address Systemic Human Rights Risks Inherent in Business Models and Exacerbated by AI

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
A suite of 14 shareholder proposals for the 2024 proxies of Alphabet, Amazon and Meta call out the deleterious human rights impacts of the tech sector’s products and services as well as its governance structures and revenue models. NEW YORK, NY –TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024 – Investors who have been...