All Social issues articles – Page 11
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PodcastSpotlight on the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge
In this episode of the PRI podcast, CEO Fiona Reynolds speaks with Dr Bronwyn King AO, Founder, Director and CEO of Tobacco-Free Portfolios. They discuss the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, the progress the initiative has made since its launch, the impact of COVID-19, links between human rights and tobacco, big issues ...
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WebinarPRI Digital Forum: EMEA - Breakout 2B. Africa's Just Transition in practice
This session will discuss the challenges and opportunities of a just transition for Africa, with reflections from the continent and beyond.
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Case studyEngaging ICT companies to better protect children from sexual exploitation online
Case study by Christian Brothers Investment Services
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Blog postWhat institutional investors need to know about the ‘S’ in ESG
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI and John Ruggie, author of the UN Guiding Principles and professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
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News and pressPrinciples for Responsible Investment sets new human rights expectations for investors
World’s leading proponent of responsible investment sets clear expectations for investors in new report, outlining why and how to consider human rights in investment activities.
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Thought leadershipWhy and how investors should act on human rights
Just as for all businesses, institutional investors have a responsibility to respect human rights.
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PodcastInvesting in the living wage
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Sam Hepher from the Living Wage Foundation and ShareAction’s Rachel Hargreaves.
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WebinarConsultation on PRI’s Human Rights Framework for Institutional Investors
The responsibility of institutional investors to respect human rights is reflected in international human rights standards, and constitute a universal, normative expectation by employees, beneficiaries, clients, governments, and wider society.
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PodcastUnsecured lending in South Africa: how do we reverse course?
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Naeem Badat, director at Differential Capital.
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ArticleTheme 3: Covid-19, privacy rights and cyber security risks
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have introduced measures around bio-surveillance, censorship and misinformation that could have significant impacts on privacy rights.
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ArticleTheme 2: supporting suppliers and building resilient supply chains
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the lack of resilience of supply chains in respect of labour rights during a large-scale disruption.
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ArticleTheme 1: protecting workers’ rights through the Covid-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is primarily a public health emergency, but its consequences have shown that it is much more than that. While there is a sense that the pandemic is a collective phenomenon, the stark reality is that it hits the most vulnerable hardest.
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ArticleCovid-19 and human and labour rights concerns
In March 2020, the PRI launched two discussion forums on the PRI collaboration platform to collect investor experiences relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Blog postUS investor perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion
By Carol Jeppesen, Head of the US, PRI
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PRI Web PageCollaborative engagement on responsible sourcing of cobalt
This PRI-supported collaborative engagement on responsible cobalt sourcing ran between 2018 and 2020 with companies in the electronics and automotive sector. A total of 46 institutional investors, representing approximately US$6.4trn in assets under management, engaged with 16 companies on their cobalt sourcing practices.
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Blog postEnvironmental and social policies pay off when times are tough
By Rui Albuquerque, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, CEPR and ECGI, Yrjo Koskinen, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Shuai Yang, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, and Chendi Zhang, University of Exeter Business School
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ArticleAGM season during the COVID-19 pandemic: trends and themes
The 2020 AGM season has been unique. The record levels of support seen across 2019’s environmental and social proposals, alongside increasingly urgent climate action and commitments by huge corporates and investors to stakeholder capitalism, set the stage for an interesting season. In addition to this, the COVID-19 crisis has, in ...
