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In today's interconnected world, finance has a major impact on the real economy and institutional investors exert significant influence influence over the companies they invest in. Sustainability efforts with companies are centred around reporting and data.
A growing number of investors view human rights information as relevant to their assessments and related decision-making. For example, The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework is backed by a coalition of 88 investors representing US$5.3 trillion in assets under management.
To address the growing child labor challenge in the U.S., companies must grapple with what went wrong by taking a hard look at their supplier due diligence and management processes.
Investors are calling on the company to implement an annual assessment of child safety policies and practices. NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2023 — Tomorrow, Meta ($META) shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on a shareholder proposal asking the company to publish an annual report...
We strongly condemn the escalating violence and rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian crisis in Sudan, which began on 15 April and continues at an alarming scale in dense population centres, including in Khartoum and Darfur. As organisations that work with companies and investors to...
[11 April, 2023] - As negotiations on the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) progress, more than 20 leading businesses and networks call for alignment of CSDDD with the international standards of the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational...
By Lauren Compere, Managing Director/Head of Stewardship & Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management With the proliferation of deep fakes, widespread global surveillance, generative AI (or general use AI) and associated emergent properties, how can we as investors truly understand the risks and...
[Montréal, Qc, 19 April 2023] - A group of 131 investors representing over $352 billion in assets is mobilizing for human rights in Iran. The protest movement in Iran has been ongoing since the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked waves of mass protests throughout the country calling for...
Financial companies can negatively impact human rights and environmental goals through the projects and companies they finance.
As concerns about the legal consequences of forced labor continue to mount, the Cambodian government has moved to reassure representatives from the American Apparel & Footwear Association.