Resources in 'UNGPs'

In the News
The largest food and beverage companies’ attempts to tackle the issue of forced labour in the food value chain is “stagnating”, leaving investors subject to heightened risk from upcoming regulations.
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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.
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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.
Press Release
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...
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[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...
Blog
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...
Press Release
88 investors representing US$2.4T issued a series of recommendations to urge key EU decision-makers to strengthen the proposed rule and to ensure legislative coherence and legal certainty for companies. NEW YORK NY, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2023 – Today, investors shared a letter they submitted to the EU...
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IAHR members highlight “growing anxiety” on human and civil rights risks emerging through the misuse of artificial intelligence. A group of 149 investors has called for a series of enhancements to the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act to create an environment with “parameters that incentivise...
Press Release
A group of 149 global investors representing over US$1.6T in assets issues a statement to EU bodies tasked with developing a regulatory framework for safe AI development and use. NEW YORK, NY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 – Citing the need for ongoing human rights due diligence to regulate the...
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A blog post from Lydia Kuykendal, Mercy Investment Services, Michela Gregory, NEI Investments, and Anita Dorett, Director at the Investor Alliance for Human Rights. With mobile banking, remote learning, healthcare services, greater citizen participation, and coordination of democratic movements...