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Tag Archives: John Ruggie
Human Rights: A Moral and Material Business Concern
The TakeAway: Several sustainability milestones were reached in June, but the greatest of these was the UN Human Rights Council endorsement of the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, which established human rights as both a moral and material … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Allen White, BASESwiki, Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRCC), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Carbones del Cerrejón, Caroline Rees, Center for Transnational Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, due diligence, Elizabeth Umlas, Esquel Garments Group, Faris Natour, Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Harvard Kennedy School, human rights, Jean Rogers, John Ruggie, MacBride Principles, Northern Ireland, Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation, Sarah Altschuller, South Africa, Steve Lydenberg, Sullivan Principles, Tellus Institute, Tesco, UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
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Extractives: Dirty Industries, Clean Standards
The TakeAway: New SEC proposals require ethical health, safety, and human rights due diligence by companies engaged in the extractive industries. Extractive industries are by definition a dirty business, but recent legislation and regulatory moves aim to clean them up … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged As You Sow Foundation, Boston Common Asset Management, Conflict Minerals, Costco, Defend, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dodd-Frank, Domini Social Investments, due diligence, Extratives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), human rights, Institute for Human Rights in Business (IHRB), John Ruggie, Lowes, Massey Energy, mine safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OECD), Protect, Remedy, Respect, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Investment Forum, Target, Trillium Asset Management, Wal-Mart, XBRL
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Divesting from Genocide: A Fiduciary Duty?
The TakeAway: Congressional hearing on ways to improve the Sudan Accountability & Investment Act proposes using the UN “Protect, Respect, Remedy” human rights framework to define fiduciary duty. The moral case for flexing investment muscle (from shareowner engagement to outright … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Investor Governance, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Adam Kanzer, Domini Social Investments, Eric Cohen, Fidelity, fiduciary duty, Franklin Templeton, genocide-free investing, Government Accountability Office, Investors Against Genocide, John Ruggie, JP Morgan, PetroChina, Protect, Remedy Framework, Respect, Sudan Accountability and Investment Act
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Business and Human Rights: The UN’s Roadmap
The TakeAway: The United Nations’ Draft “Guiding Principles” for Business and Human Rights helps governments, business, and civil society put the “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework into practice. “There is no single silver bullet solution to the multi-faceted challenges of business … Continue reading
The Business Impact on Human Rights
The TakeAway: Social materiality gains traction as the role of business in advancing human rights attracts wider support. After years of neglect, companies now increasingly consider their impacts on human rights as material issues, with clear impacts on the bottom … Continue reading
State Law, Supply Chains, and the End of Slavery
The TakeAway: Pending California law seeks to end slavery and trafficking in business supply chains, part of a renewed broader trend of state-level action to address global sustainability and social justice issues. When thinking about corporate reform toward sustainability and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy
Tagged Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET), California, California Catholic Conference, California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, CalPERS, Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS), Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), Darrel Steinberg, David Schilling, Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), Forest Footprint Disclosure Project, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), human trafficking, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), John Ruggie, Julia Ormond, Julie Tanner, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Responsible Cotton Network, slavery, supply chains, SweatFree Communities, Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
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Deadline to Red-Line: GRI Invites Input on Gender, Community, and Human Rights
The TakeAway: We outline proposed changes to GRI’s Gender, Community, and Human Rights reporting guidelines to help you submit comments by 23 August. Consistent with its commitment to continual renewal through multi-stakeholder review, the Global Reporting Initiative is hosting a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Bastian Buck, Carmen Niethammer, Community, CSR Asia, Elizabeth Umlas, G3 Guidelines, G3.1, gender, GRI, human rights, International Finance Corporation, John Ruggie, Katerine Miles, Mary Robinson, Realizing Rights, UN Global Compact, Universal Declaration on Human Rights, University of Hong Kong, WikiGender
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Social Materiality: A New Lens for Sustainable Investing
Guest Commentary by Liz Umlas As the concept of ESG – addressing environmental, social, and governance factors in business and investment considerations – gains traction, the focus often seems more firmly on the first and last than on the middle … Continue reading →