All Human rights articles
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PRI reporting analysis
Human rights and social issues: Insights from the 2023 reporting cycle
Taking a deep dive into our 2023 signatory reporting data, we analysed how more than 3,700 PRI signatories are implementing human rights standards across global markets.
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Blog post
Delivery of the SDGs is off track. Investors are crucial in promoting human rights
Accelerated collaborative efforts from governments, investors, companies and civil society are needed, say Yanni Aissaoui-Helcke and Remi Fernandez.
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Policy report
PRI’s 2030 EU Policy Roadmap
Six key policy actions to fine-tune and improve the usability and coherence of the existing sustainable finance framework, build on it where necessary, and develop and strengthen the links with broader EU Green Deal policies.
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Introductory guide
An introduction to responsible investment: Human rights
What are human rights and how can asset owners and their advisers manage them in the investment process?
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Blog post
Placing human rights at the centre of the economic transition
By Davide Cerrato, Senior Policy Specialist, Human Rights and Social Issues, PRI
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Policy report
Adopting a strategic approach to human rights and social issues policy
The role of policy in enabling the respect of human rights from corporates and investors.
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Webinar
Human rights due diligence: how should investors identify and prioritise risks?
We will bring together different voices to discuss how investors should, in practice, identify and act on human rights risks. What systematic approaches are being taken by investors? What challenges and limitations exist, and how can they be addressed?
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Blog post
A call for an ISSB reporting standard on human rights and social issues
By Nikolaj Halkjær Pedersen, Senior Lead, Human Rights and Social issues, PRI
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Workshop summary
Human rights in private markets: access to remedy
Key points from a workshop on 31 January 2023 where private markets industry participants discussed their role in providing access to remedy.
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Reporting guidance
Human rights due diligence for private markets investors: a technical guide
This guidance aims to help private markets investors adopt consistent human rights practices and make more informed investment decisions
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Blog post
Taking a proactive approach to human rights
By Soh-Won Kim, Analyst, and Nikolaj Halkjær Pedersen, Senior Lead, Human Rights and Social Issues, PRI
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Reporting guidance
How to identify human rights risks: A practical guide in due diligence
As formalised by the UN and the OECD in 2011, institutional investors have a three-part responsibility to respect human rights
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Webinar
Practical approaches to human rights due diligence in private markets
This session will examine the different approaches private markets investors are taking to human rights due diligence.
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Blog post
10 years since Rana Plaza: What progress has been made and what can investors do?
By Soh-Won Kim, Analyst, Human Rights and Social Issues
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Workshop summary
Incorporating decent work into capital allocation
This article summarises the key points made at a workshop regarding how signatories incorporate decent work and safeguard expectations into their capital allocation process.
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Podcast
Exploring the responsibility of investors in addressing tech addiction
What is tech addiction and why should investors be paying attention to the issue?
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Workshop summary
Human rights in private markets: tracking and communicating performance
Key points from a workshop on 15 November 2022 where private markets industry participants discussed how to track and communicate performance relating to human rights.
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Webinar
PRI in Person 2022: Using stewardship to tackle human rights issues in metals & mining and renewables
Hear about the plans and strategy for the first phase of Advance – PRI’s new collaborative stewardship initiative on human rights and social issues, where engagement has begun with the metals & mining and renewables sectors.