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The impact of climate change on the apparel sector
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Environmental due diligence in minerals supply chains (OECD)
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Worker Power in Global Supply Chains
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The impact of climate change on the apparel sector
Do you know how heat stress will impact the apparel sector, and its workers? And how ...
September 22, 2023
Apparel and Consumer Goods
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Just transition
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Environmental due diligence in minerals supply chains (OECD)
September 22, 2023
Energy and Mining
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Just transition
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Worker Power in Global Supply Chains
National organisations, such as NGOs and trade unions, are critical to companies’ ability to ...
September 22, 2023
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NYC Climate Week: Planet + people = change with a multiplier effect
It's Climate Week in NYC, which collides with the UN General Assembly's High-Level Week, which ...
September 22, 2023
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Land and Environmental Defenders (Global Witness)
The latest figures are in...
September 15, 2023
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Deforestation
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Voice, stakeholders and defenders
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Environmental and Climate Protection in the EU CSDDD
Companies will soon need to...
September 15, 2023
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Just transition
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Considerations for Remaining and Exiting Challenging Contexts
Whether to stay or exit a challenging human rights context...
September 15, 2023
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Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
Human rights due diligence
Transparency
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
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Children’s rights and environmental impacts (The Committee on the Rights of the Child)
Children’s human rights are disproportionately affected...
September 8, 2023
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Climate crisis
Health and wellbeing
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
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Just transition in supply chains (UN Global Compact)
Do businesses understand the different types of risks...
September 8, 2023
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Just transition
Human rights due diligence
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The global land squeeze: Managing the growing competition for land (World Resources Institute)
The world’s population will grow to 10 billion by 2050...
September 8, 2023
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Deforestation
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
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Taking a longer-term perspective to salient human rights risks identification: the instance of migration and forced labour
On 13-14 June 2023, the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and AIM-Progress...
September 8, 2023
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Climate crisis
Laws and litigation
Human rights due diligence
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Biodiversity and investors (Responsible Investor)
Global biodiversity loss threatens a sixth mass extinction event. The first since ...
July 28, 2023
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Biodiversity
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Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
Climate change litigation is on the rise globally - from 884 across 39 jurisdictions in 2017 ...
July 28, 2023
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Nature Positive Actions (WWF and WBCSD)
Nature is fundamental to food systems and the food we produce and consume. Due to ...
July 28, 2023
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Biodiversity
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The state of play in the fashion industry
The fashion industry is beset with human rights...
July 21, 2023
Apparel and Consumer Goods
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Just transition
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2023 Food & Beverage Benchmark Findings Report
The food and beverage sector is integral to...
July 21, 2023
Agriculture
Biodiversity
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Living-wage and Living-income
Just transition
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Climate and Energy Benchmark
We are in what is known as the ‘decisive decade’...
July 21, 2023
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Climate crisis
Just transition
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Critical Minerals Market Review (IEA)
We have seen a surge in the need for critical minerals...
July 14, 2023
Energy and Mining
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transparency
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Deforestation and risks to business
Forests are critical to the global economy...
July 14, 2023
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Biodiversity
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Transparency
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Just Transition Resources Platform (BSR, The B Team & the We Mean Business Coalition)
The platform provides guidance on how companies can...
July 14, 2023
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Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Transformation
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A just agricultural transition in the UK
The Grantham Research Institute puts it well...
July 7, 2023
Agriculture
Climate crisis
Biodiversity
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Just transition
Transformation
Summary
A Sustainable Textile Industry
The global textile industry is intricately interconnected...
July 7, 2023
Apparel and Consumer Goods
Health and wellbeing
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Living-wage and Living-income
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Generative AI and Human Rights
The speed with which these AI systems are evolving...
July 7, 2023
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Health and wellbeing
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Transformation
Leadership and governance
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Climate change litigation 2023
It’s that time of the year again - we have the latest in the global trends in climate change ...
June 30, 2023
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Climate crisis
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Climate change and the UNGPs (UNWG)
Although the UNGPs do not explicitly mention climate change, we know that climate change ...
June 30, 2023
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Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
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Emerging noteworthy technologies (WEF)
Emerging technologies – some of which you might never have heard of – can and will shape our ...
June 30, 2023
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Scope 3 Supplier Engagement (SBTi)
Companies are increasingly expected to reduce their supply...
June 23, 2023
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Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Transformation
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Multi-stakeholder collaboration in food systems (UNEP, FAO and UNDP)
We are at a critical juncture...
June 23, 2023
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Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Health and wellbeing
Just transition
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Tackling biodiversity challenges (Imperial College Business School)
These two things cannot co-exist...
June 23, 2023
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Biodiversity
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Health and wellbeing
Transformation
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The EU Batteries Regulation
According to the EU, its citizens...
June 16, 2023
Energy and Mining
Laws and litigation
Modern slavery
Human rights due diligence
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Human rights due diligence for private markets investors: A technical guide (PRI)
It was a pleasure for us...
June 16, 2023
Financial
Human rights due diligence
Leadership and governance
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The Power of Partnership Unlocking business action on Net Zero (Advisory Business Group)
The Advisory Business Group (ABG) is a group...
June 16, 2023
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Climate crisis
Transformation
Leadership and governance
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Updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2023)
The updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises...
June 9, 2023
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Biodiversity
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Human rights due diligence
Just transition
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Transition Minerals Tracker: 2022 Analysis (BHRRC)
Climate action is inextricably linked to positive and negative...
June 9, 2023
Energy and Mining
Climate crisis
Health and wellbeing
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Summary
Net Zero Banking Assessment Framework (Transition Pathway Initiative, in consultation with the IIGCC and Ceres)
Banks have an impact on...
June 9, 2023
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Climate crisis
Just transition
Laws and litigation
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Safe and Just Earth system boundaries (Earth Commission)
'Safe’ planetary boundaries are not necessarily ‘just'...
June 2, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transformation
Deforestation
Summary
Setting science-based targets for nature (Science Based Targets Network)
If you thought your company was on top of it...
June 2, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Biodiversity
Human rights due diligence
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Human rights due diligence (HRDD): risks of modern slavery for displaced workers (Anti-Slavery International and La Strada International)
More than 100 million people were forced to flee conflict...
June 2, 2023
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Child labour
Gender and discrimination
Human rights due diligence
Modern slavery
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The UN Guiding Principles captured in the European Parliament’s proposed EU corporate sustainability due diligence duty
It’s finally here!
June 2, 2023
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Human rights due diligence
Climate crisis
Biodiversity
Transformation
Laws and litigation
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Rising temperatures and “staggering inequalities” (WMO)
We are also 98% likely to experience the warmest temperature on record...
May 26, 2023
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Climate crisis
Deforestation
Gender and discrimination
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“Climate litigation risk is a relevant financial risk in a warmer future” (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy)
The effects of climate litigation on company valuation...
May 26, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Summary
The Global Slavery Index 2023 (Walk Free)
50 million people are living in modern slavery...
May 26, 2023
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Climate crisis
Child labour
Gender and discrimination
Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
Human rights due diligence
Summary
Accelerating a just transition through renewable energy (UN Global Compact)
The energy transition is creating new opportunities...
May 19, 2023
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Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Summary
A ‘Zero Tolerance’ approach is not enough to tackle child labour in supply chains (Save the Children and The Centre for Child Rights and Business)
Child labour does not exist in a silo...
May 19, 2023
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Child labour
Gender and discrimination
Human rights due diligence
Modern slavery
Transparency
Summary
Decent work in the circular economy (Circle Economy, ILO, and Solutions for Youth Employment)
We can meet people’s needs with only 70% of the resources we use today...
May 19, 2023
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Climate crisis
Biodiversity
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Living-wage and Living-income
Summary
Designing an EU Due Diligence Duty that Delivers Better Outcomes (Shift)
Why are we discussing a new EU corporate sustainability due diligence duty...
May 12, 2023
All
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Living wages in the supply chain (Just Capital)
Paying a living wage can benefit a company’s bottom line...
May 12, 2023
All
Living-wage and Living-income
Health and wellbeing
Human rights due diligence
Insight
The cobalt battery revolution is only just getting started: what does it mean for people and planet?
May 12, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Transformation
Just transition
Summary
The connection between import bans and remedies (The Remedy Project and The Freedom Fund)
Can import bans be used as a tool to ensure effective remedy...
May 12, 2023
All
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Transparency
Summary
“A clear and compelling business case for efforts to tackle inequality” (The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality)
Companies can take “catalytic actions” to...
May 5, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Gender and discrimination
Transformation
Summary
Governance and Climate Insights (WBA)
The financial system is a “game-changer...
May 5, 2023
Financial
Climate crisis
Biodiversity
Just transition
Leadership and governance
Transparency
Summary
“The human cost of overpackaging” (Fern, Environmental Paper Network)
“Paper or plastic?”...
May 5, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Deforestation
Human rights due diligence
Summary
New draft text for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive proposal (European Parliament)
We are on to the next step of regulated human rights and environmental due diligence...
April 28, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Just transition
Transparency
Summary
Threats to human rights defenders: Six ways companies should respond (Oxfam)
358 HRDs were killed in 2021...
April 28, 2023
All
Human rights due diligence
Climate crisis
Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
Gender and discrimination
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Principles for Just Food System Transitions (Just Rural Transition Initiative)
The global food system is the top driver of...
April 28, 2023
Agriculture
Climate crisis
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Just transition
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
420 million hectares of forest — an area larger than the EU...
April 21, 2023
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Biodiversity
Deforestation
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Summary
The impact of climate change on solicitors (Law Society)
Yes, definitely a changing world for solicitors too...
April 21, 2023
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Climate crisis
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Summary
Respecting Indigenous rights (actionable due diligence toolkit)
Respecting Indigenous rights is not a plea...
April 21, 2023
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Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
“No news is bad news” (ABN AMRO, APG, ING, Robeco and Morningstar Sustainalytics)
A risk assessment is only as good...
April 14, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Frontline Defenders' Global Analysis 2022
At least 401 human rights defenders were killed in 2022...
April 14, 2023
All
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Gender and discrimination
Climate crisis
Deforestation
Summary
Joint business statement on the EU CSDDD (April 2023)
Alignment is the only way forward...
April 14, 2023
All
Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Transparency
Summary
Assessing the global agribusiness sector (Oxfam)
The next decade will be decisive...
April 6, 2023
Agriculture
Gender and discrimination
Transparency
Climate crisis
Summary
Managing wastewater as a way to manage other people and planet impacts (WBCSD)
Managing wastewater may seem old...
April 6, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Water
Human rights due diligence
Biodiversity
Leadership and governance
Summary
World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023 (IRENA)
We need annual investment in energy transition technologies to...
April 6, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Leadership and governance
Transformation
Summary
The state of the world’s human rights (Amnesty International)
What was the state of human rights in 2022...
March 31, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Gender and discrimination
Just transition
Transformation
Summary
Company disclosure related to nature (TNFD)
The idea? Enable companies to disclose...
March 31, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Human rights due diligence
Leadership and governance
Summary
Financial Institutions, human rights and climate risk (Shift)
Financial institutions (FIs) are steadily gaining the tools...
March 31, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Transformation
Summary
The Green Claims Directive (European Commission)
Consumers have the power to change the world...
March 24, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Transparency
Summary
Growth in climate litigation (The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)
The upshot for companies...
March 24, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Laws and litigation
Summary
The future of the Voluntary Carbon Market (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)
The scrutiny of the VCM is not going anywhere...
March 24, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Transformation
Human rights due diligence
Summary
Living income strategies (Oxfam)
We know that many small-scale farmers...
March 24, 2023
All
Living-wage and Living-income
Health and wellbeing
Transformation
Summary
Fair Circularity Principles (Shift)
Are you using plastic packaging...
March 17, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Health and wellbeing
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Biodiversity risk and directors’ duties (CCLI)
Life as we know it depends on...
March 17, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Laws and litigation
Summary
Embedding gender into HRDD under the upcoming EU CSDDD
‘Hidden’ impacts on women...
March 17, 2023
All
Gender and discrimination
Human rights due diligence
Laws and litigation
Summary
The state of democracy in the world (Freedom House)
Democracy is on the decline...
March 10, 2023
All
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Health and wellbeing
Human rights due diligence
Summary
2022 Global CO2 Emissions (IEA)
Global CO2 emissions are at an all time high in 2022...
March 10, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Transformation
Transparency
Just transition
Summary
CFOs: How you can address the “S” in “ESG” (WBCSD and Shift)
CFOs, if you haven’t been paying attention...
March 10, 2023
All
Leadership and governance
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Summary
The UNGPs and Climate Action (Shift)
Vulnerability play a central role in the context of climate change...
March 3, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Human rights due diligence
Just transition
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Assessing the integrity of corporate climate strategies (Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor)
Is your company prepared for the increased scrutiny on climate strategies...
March 3, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Laws and litigation
Transparency
Transformation
Summary
Corporate inaction on majority-supported ESG proposals (PRI)
Investors have a crucial role to play...
March 3, 2023
All
Leadership and governance
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Transparency
Summary
What makes a credible climate transition plan? (CDP)
Is your company ready with a credible climate transition plan...
February 24, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transformation
Transparency
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Companies and investors: no more waiting around to eliminate commodity-linked deforestation in your business and supply chains (Global Canopy)
Ending deforestation and land conversion are fundamental to...
February 24, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Laws and litigation
Summary
Applying HRDD to the downstream value chain (GBI, DIHR)
Yes, human rights due diligence (HRDD) expectations apply to the full value chain...
February 24, 2023
All
Laws and litigation
Human rights due diligence
Transparency
Leadership and governance
Summary
Global perceptions of corruption remain stagnant (Transparency International)
The scale of corruption is huge...
February 13, 2023
All
Transparency
Transformation
Human rights due diligence
Summary
Applying a gender lens to climate investing
Integrate a gender lens into climate investments...
February 13, 2023
All
Gender and discrimination
Transformation
Leadership and governance
Transparency
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Amended Directive calls for stronger platform worker protections (European Parliament)
If your company is relying on platform-based workers...
February 13, 2023
All
Health and wellbeing
Laws and litigation
Summary
Four components of just transition (Wilton Park - IHRB Just Transitions Dialogue)
The report underscores the importance of the UN Guiding Principles...
February 3, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transformation
Human rights due diligence
Summary
2022 shareholder voting trends (ShareAction)
Investors: can you push for more doing and less saying...
February 3, 2023
All
Human rights due diligence
Climate crisis
Transformation
Just transition
Summary
Success factors for effective DEI
Creating lasting, meaningful initiatives...
February 3, 2023
All
Gender and discrimination
Grievance mechanisms and access to remedy
Leadership and governance
Summary
Inequality and taxation of the rich (Oxfam)
Money makes the world go round...
January 20, 2023
All
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Summary
Role of investors in biodiversity crisis
We are in a biodiversity crisis...
January 20, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Deforestation
Laws and litigation
Transparency
Summary
ILO World Employment and Social Outlooks Trends 2023
The significant challenges global labour markets face...
January 20, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Gender and discrimination
Health and wellbeing
Just transition
Summary
The state of human rights over the last year (HRW)
The inter-connections between human rights and climate...
January 13, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Gender and discrimination
Just transition
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Top global risks for the decade (WEF)
The top ten greatest risks for the next decade span...
January 13, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transformation
Summary
Artificial Intelligence governance and human rights
The very innovation that drives AI also poses serious risks to human rights...
January 13, 2023
All
Leadership and governance
Transformation
Transparency
Summary
COP15 on biodiversity - Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 2022
Companies - stand ready for significantly more focus on biodiversity...
January 6, 2023
All
Biodiversity
Climate crisis
Deforestation
Just transition
Water
Summary
Due diligence and the full value chain
Companies should prioritise and take action on their most severe risks and impacts...
January 6, 2023
All
Human rights due diligence
Leadership and governance
Summary
Climate and human rights court cases
Companies - watch out for the court case connecting climate and human rights...
January 6, 2023
All
Climate crisis
Just transition
Laws and litigation
Transformation
Voice, stakeholders and defenders
Summary
Top ten business and human rights influencers in 2023
If you’re a corporate service provider, a strategic advisor, an investor or a business consultant...
December 20, 2022
All
Human rights due diligence
Leadership and governance
Transformation
Summary
A sunnier renewable energy forecast
Market forces could be the boost we need to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050...
December 20, 2022
Energy and Mining
Climate crisis
Just transition
Transformation