Resources in 'UNGPs'

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Un-Just Transition: How fossil fuels and forced labor taint the solar energy sector in Xinjiang, China

Blog

Anita Dorett, Director, & Nicole Bohannon, Program Support Fellow, Investor Alliance for Human Rights The investment community has flocked to invest in the renewable energy sector to support the global transition to clean energy as governments, civil society, and businesses around the world are...

Monday, May 10, 2021

Investors with $5.8 Trillion Exhort Companies Scoring Zero On the CHRB to Know and Show their Human Rights Risks

Blog

Lack of public communication suggests the majority of companies benchmarked are not adequately assessing or mitigating human rights risks. NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, MAY 10TH, 2021 – A group of 208 global investors organized by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights (the Alliance) and representing US$5.8...

Monday, April 5, 2021

Global brands need to comply with international human rights law: Investor Alliance

In the News

Companies may be seen as complicit if they continue business dealings with parties linked to human rights abuses, says Anita Dorett of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights. See full video interview on CNBC below.

Monday, February 8, 2021

EU mandatory due diligence legislation: What investors need to know and why they should care

Blog

Johannes Blankenbach & Saskia Wilks, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Since its beginning a year ago, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed once more the vulnerabilities in value chains, the precarity of global business operations, and the weakness of voluntary corporate action in...

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

New Investor Briefing Highlights Significant Social and Governance Risks at Palantir

Blog

As Palantir files S-1 with SEC in bid for listing on NYSE, fresh concerns emerge regarding contracts with government agencies with a record of human rights abuse. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 – The Investor Alliance for Human Rights is today publishing a risk briefing on Palantir...

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

New Investor Guidance Cites Human Rights Risks to Brands with Relationships Connected to Uyghur Region in China

Blog

Abuses including widespread forced labor, mass surveillance and internment of Uyghurs in detention camps on the part of Chinese authorities create unacceptable risks for global brands. Amid mounting calls from civil society and human rights groups for brands to exit the Uyghur Region in Xinjiang...

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Amid COVID-19, new Investor Toolkit on Human Rights outlines roadmap for addressing risks to people in investments

In the News

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...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

‘Companies mustn't stand by as attacks on human rights defenders rise during Covid-19’

In the News

In this comment piece on Ethical Corporation, Christen Dobson of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Ali Hines of Global Witness say safeguarding labour rights and rights to land and resources is a strategic imperative for companies and institutional investors “I’ve been getting more death...

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Risks for Businesses Failing to Engage Human Rights Defenders

In the News

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...

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

April 2020: Investors with US$5 trillion call on governments to institute mandatory human rights due diligence measures for companies

In the News

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...