Investors, are you feeling the human rights heat yet? Do you know what to do about it?

Week of 26 October 2020 Investors, are you feeling the human rights heat yet? Do you know what to do about it? Human rights are material to business (both in practice and, increasingly, by law) but investors haven’t universally accounted for human rights risks in their portfolios or adverse human rights impacts in their investment … Continue reading Investors, are you feeling the human rights heat yet? Do you know what to do about it?

How to bridge and amplify the narratives of sustainability, inequality, stakeholder capitalism, ESG and human and social capital? You guessed it – through the narrative of business and human rights

Week of 26 October 2020 How to bridge and amplify the narratives of sustainability, inequality, stakeholder capitalism, ESG and human and social capital? You guessed it – through the narrative of business and human rights Conversations about how people are affected by business conduct and the global economy are taking place – and a number … Continue reading How to bridge and amplify the narratives of sustainability, inequality, stakeholder capitalism, ESG and human and social capital? You guessed it – through the narrative of business and human rights

Note to commissioner Reynders: as human rights due diligence becomes EU law, don’t forget that the UN Guiding Principles already define it!

Week of 26 October 2020 Note to commissioner Reynders: as human rights due diligence becomes EU law, don’t forget that the UN Guiding Principles already define it! As the EU gets closer to its 2021 timeline for introducing new mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation, stakeholders are weighing in. The latest input comes from the UN … Continue reading Note to commissioner Reynders: as human rights due diligence becomes EU law, don’t forget that the UN Guiding Principles already define it!