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The Investor Alliance’s latest guidance helps investors get the ‘people part’ of ESG right New York, 19 May 2020 – The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has published a new Investor Toolkit on Human Rights (with Executive Summary) for asset owners and managers to address risks to people posed by...

New business toolkits demonstrate practical actions companies and investors should take to safeguard defenders. New York, NY, Tuesday 28th April 2020 - In the shadow of hundreds of attacks and killings of human rights defenders, and increased threats to workers and civic freedoms during the COVID-19...

Legal & General Investment Management, Federated Hermes International, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Aviva Investors, BMO Global Asset Management, Robeco, and Achmea Investment Management among list of signatories New York, 21 April 2020 – A group of 105 international investors representing US$5...

New York / London, 23rd March 2020 – A group of 176 international investors representing over $4.5 trillion in assets under management have joined forces to call out the human rights performance of some of the world’s most well-known companies. The 95 worst performing companies on human rights due...

Investors say proposals citing health and safety risks to workers, liabilities related to third-party sellers, and due diligence around the sale of surveillance tech, among other issues, indicate the company is failing to adequately manage risks. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2020 –...

On Human Rights Day 2019, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) released an interview with the Investor Alliance's former Associate Director Sara Blackwell and Steering Committee member Lauren Compere from Boston Asset Management about why investors are supporting mandatory due...

The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has launched a flagship project to develop a Toolkit on the Investor Responsibility to Respect Human Rights. The Toolkit was released on May 19, 2020. Read the concept note here. Investors, like all business actors, have a responsibility to respect human rights...