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By Meg Roggensack, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Countries around the globe use National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights to support implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the internationally agreed upon guidelines for...

Being clear about jargon, understanding ethical challenges and keeping up with fast-changing regulations are considered positive signs.

Roughly 30% of Mondelez International Inc. shareholders voted in favor of a proposal on the company’s human rights policy in Russia and Ukraine, sending a clear signal to management that investors want the snack maker to provide more clarity on its business practices in the warring countries.

Anita Dorett, Director of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, warns of the pitfalls of relying on social audits to address state-sponsored forced labour risks.

From a heightened focus on human rights considerations to responsible AI integration, the ESG sphere is witnessing dynamic transformations.

By Maya Nirula, Spring Fellow, Investor Alliance for Human Rights Last week marked a long-awaited milestone: On April 24 the EU Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, commonly referred to as the CSDDD, legislation that will require certain EU and non-EU companies...

Investors have taken action through engagement and exclusion but are being encouraged to double up efforts to increase transparency in the sector.

There was no shortage of disappointment and discourse from all sides during the recent negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Opinions were plentiful, diverse, passionate, and the gloves certainly came off in the final round.

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 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.

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.

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.

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...

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

Growing pressure from shareholders for robust ethical guidelines and governance structures seen as sending signal to policymakers.

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

Amazon and Meta are among the companies targeted by 14 recent shareholder proposals by IAHR members, citing social harms including misinformation risks.

The year is off to a rapid start, bringing with it a continued need to focus on the unique role of the financial sector in advancing respect for human rights. Conversations at the 2024 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, and COP28 all demonstrated the...

Investor groups have called on EU states to back a deal that would require large companies to check their supply chains for damage to the environment and rights abuses and face fines if they do not address it, after Germany indicated its opposition.