News on #BizHumanRights issues mostly in a #sustainablefinance perspective.
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January 15
Citing recent scandals involving #DataSecurity breaches impacting hundreds of millions of users, investors call on 22 tech cos to improve oversight and disclose through @rankingrights index to mitigate potential #HumanRights risks #Facebook #Google #Apple https://t.co/wjZqiSL2FQ pic.twitter.com/dYnaAyO61z
— InvestForRights (@InvestForRights) January 15, 2019
In the wake of 2018's massive #DataSecurity breaches, @InvestForRights investors w/ $700 billion call out Apple, @Facebook, @Twitter, @Google, @Microsoft + 17 others for #HumanRights abuses, stressing @rankingrights index as tool to mitigate risks. https://t.co/XUQyKN7HoU pic.twitter.com/GCPxham4Lk
— Paloma Muñoz Quick (@PalomaMQuick) January 15, 2019
Are Canadian mining companies reporting about their impacts on human rights? Some do, others… not so much.
Check out trends, insights and our top recommendations for the sector in Shift's latest report: https://t.co/MNkPueVtsY #mining #tsx #bizhumanrights pic.twitter.com/bRqUh2XA3C
— Michelle Langlois (@mlle_langlois) January 15, 2019
Second part of #Vedanta thread for all #bizhumanrights people on Twitter to enjoy. Thanks @raidukorg https://t.co/4ws8DFeyEK
— Nadia Bernaz (@NadiaBernaz) January 15, 2019
Canada's pledge to create a responsible business ombuds listed in Top 10 #bizhumanrights stories of 2018. 12 months on, office has yet to be established. Will the ombuds get the powers it needs? @JustinTrudeau @gmbutts @telfordk @gary_srp @anitavandenbeld https://t.co/5erREbfE1k
— Above Ground (@AboveGroundNGO) January 15, 2019
January 11
Business & investors say it’s time to #StandUp4HumanRights against threats to #humanrights defenders and civic freedoms: Unilever, adidas, Primark, ABN AMRO, Anglo American, Leber Jeweler, Domini & The Investor Alliance for Human Rights https://t.co/Hpg9rhCLfX #InvestForRights pic.twitter.com/zZwkB0it7A
— InvestForRights (@InvestForRights) January 11, 2019
January 10
PRESS RELEASE:
Regional Court in Dortmund dismisses Pakistanis’ complaint against German textile retailer #KiK. KiK evades its legal responsibility for factory fire. #KiKonTrial#BaldiaFactoryFire#bizhumanrights#AEFFAA pic.twitter.com/5uHOlmNMod— ECCHR (@ECCHRBerlin) January 10, 2019
Great. But doesn't excuse your conduct in this case. Ensuring #bizhumanrights access to remedies only to the point it's satisfying / acceptable to you is not ensuring #bizhumanrights remedies.
— Dr Tara Van Ho (@TaraVanHo) January 10, 2019
Many council workers will be horrified to learn that their retirement savings are invested in companies complicit in tens of thousands of civilian deaths and a famine affecting millions #Yemen #IrresponsibleInvestmenthttps://t.co/Av34Yz18Di
— ShareAction (@ShareActionUK) January 10, 2019
January 9
Financial filings require 'decision-useful' disclosure on #humanrights @CeresNews @ICCROnline https://t.co/j2pJKg3eP8 pic.twitter.com/4EFYBat5Dr
— InvestForRights (@InvestForRights) January 9, 2019
Helpful analysis of US #ClimateBreakdown lawsuit against federal government for allowing #fossilfuel production, consumption, and combustion at “dangerous levels”, from @ProfBurger & @jess_wentz #bizhumanrights #humanrights #climatechange https://t.co/hXGd6tBIHF pic.twitter.com/SJl0VUWall
— RAID (@raidukorg) January 9, 2019
January 2
🏦 Right now, EU financial institutions don’t have to carry out mandatory due diligence to make sure that their investments are not funding #HumanRights abuses or environmental destruction.
Together with our allies, we're campaigning to change that.#SustainableFinanceEU pic.twitter.com/mvd64CpCMD
— Global Witness (@Global_Witness) January 2, 2019
January 1
🏦 Where financial institutions choose to invest they can have an enormous impact on the environment and on human rights, as @rachelowens explains. By strengthening #HumanRights safeguards and due diligence, we can help make finance truly #sustainable.#SustainableFinanceEU pic.twitter.com/9sdNV9TuPW
— Global Witness (@Global_Witness) January 1, 2019
