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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...

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

"Investors need better-quality data, at scale, to meet their human rights obligations, write Church Commissioners for England, Scottish Widows and Aviva Investors."

BankTrack finds the 50 largest banks are largely failing on their human rights record indicating poor progress on disclosures. Investors are watching.

Swedish pensions buffer fund says mission to be a responsible owner means it does invest in companies and sectors with high risks regarding human rights

Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon face human and digital rights-related shareholder proposals. In 2023, members of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights filed a series of 15 human and digital rights-related proposals at tech companies Alphabet GOOGL, Meta META, and Amazon.com AMZN.

A group of 47 investors representing US$861 billion in AUM has signed a statement in support of BankTrack's 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark. In the statement, coordinated by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, the investors express concern regarding the human rights performance of banks as...

A group of 47 investors representing US$861 billion in assets under management and advisement, coordinated by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, has released an investor statement in support of the BankTrack Global Human Rights Benchmark. NEW YORK, NY – THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 - A group of...

By Sian Lea, Business and Human Rights Manager, and Serena Chen, Business and Human Rights Intern, Anti-Slavery International In today's business landscape, sustainable and equitable considerations are essential for responsible investors. However, the reality is that many daily products have ties to...