All Social issues articles – Page 6
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Blog postReconciliation and responsible investment: Growing the Indigenous economy in Canada
By Katie Wheatley, Manager, Reconciliation & Responsible Investment Initiative, SHARE and Lindsey Walton, Head of Canada for Signatory Relations, PRI
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Webinar
Guidance on Integrating Children’s Rights into Investment Decision Making
UNICEF and Sustainalytics have recently launched an investor guidance on how to integrate children’s rights into investment decision making. During this webinar you will have the opportunity to hear from the authors, how the guide came about and how investors can make the best use of it in understanding the ...
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Blog post
Global evolution of responsible investment
By Eduardo Atehortua, Head of LATAM (ex-brazil), PRI
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Webinar
¿Por qué los inversores deberían actuar sobre los derechos humanos?
In this webinar we will discuss how inverters can frame the topic and begin their journey towards integration. Further, we will count on the hands-on experience of local and global organisations regarding Human Rights integration, trends and integration models.
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Webinar
How Investors can Improve Workers’ Rights: Lessons from the Fair Food Program
This webinar will explore how WSR has transformed the lives of those involved and outline how investors can support the drive to protect the workers in corporate supply chains.
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Blog post
Vaccine nationalism – why responsible investors must change the course of action
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
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Webinar
Disability Inclusion: a strategic ESG perspective for investors
This webinar will explore disability inclusion in the workplace as a critical social issue for investors which needs to be examined with a strategic perceptive, mitigating risks and realising the opportunities that disability brings. The speakers will discuss increasing evidence that embracing equality and diversity contributes to the long-term success ...
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Webinar
Stranded Seafarers - Addressing a Humanitarian Crisis and a Supply Chain Risk
This webinar jointly organised by the PRI and Fidelity will be an opportunity to discuss and call for urgent action around the humanitarian crisis and the supply chain risk in relation to the more than 400,000 seafarers.
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Blog post
The case for infrastructure investors to go further on human rights
By Simon Whistler, Senior Specialist, Investment Practices, PRI
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Webinar
Engaging on Whistleblowing: The Value for Investors
This webinar will explore the relevance of whistleblowing for investors and launch the PRI engagement guidance on whistleblowing. The discussion will cover the investor perspective, implications of recent regulatory developments such as the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, and include perspectives from a former whistleblower.
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Blog post
Whistleblowing through the social and governance lenses
By Betina Vaz Boni, Analyst, Governance Issues, PRI and Elena Espinoza, Acting Head, Social Issues, PRI
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Engagement guide
Whistleblowing: why and how to engage with your investee companies
Transparency International defines whistleblowing as the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing. We use a broad framing of whistleblowing mechanisms to include those arrangements that encourage employees, customers and suppliers to speak up and share information on activities that violate a company’s ethical code of conduct, its legal and regulatory requirements ...
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Webinar
PRI Digital Forum: Americas - Breakout 1B: Human rights
This session will focus on identifying and remedying human rights violations in private equity portfolios.
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Webinar
PRI Digital Forum: Americas - Diversity, equity and inclusion
This webinar addresses the myth of meritocracy in hiring and promotion practices.
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Podcast
Spotlight on human rights: what are they and how do they impact investors?
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen engages in a dynamic human rights-focused conversation with Chris Newton, Executive Director of Responsible Investment at IFM Investors and Akiko Sato, Human Rights Lawyer and Japan Programme Coordinator at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.
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Podcast
Spotlight 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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Webinar
PRI 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 study
Engaging ICT companies to better protect children from sexual exploitation online
Case study by Christian Brothers Investment Services
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