January 2019

 

 

 

 

Where #BizHumanRights meet #sustainablefinance.

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January 31

January is almost over! Catch up on the latest updates to #InvestForRights by ensuring respect for #HumanRights with our first newsletter of the year: 👇https://t.co/hoPcggedD9 #BizHumanRights pic.twitter.com/0uTqnHMPcl

— InvestForRights (@InvestForRights) January 31, 2019

January 30

In light of the Vale dam disaster in Brazil, the CHRB is suspending Vale's scores and ranking from the 2018 benchmark. Full details are available on our website: https://t.co/bjlyU1pKKF #BizHumanRights #UNGP @BHRRC @ihrb @EIRISFoundation @Ethical_Corp @wbcsd @ethicaltrade

— CHRB (@RankBHR) January 29, 2019

LAPFF has raised the responsibilities of seniour partner companies for actions of JV parters re Brazil dam strategies.

— LAPFF (@LAPFForum) January 30, 2019

January 28

As we celebrate National #Slavery and #HumanTrafficking Prevention Month we recognize leaders in @KnowTheChain's 2018 Apparel & Footwear Benchmark Report for efforts to eradicate #forcedlabor in their supply chains https://t.co/ZsSAJuWhFY @eccr1 @share_ca Church Investors Group pic.twitter.com/PnjT1FNOMn

— ICCR (@ICCRonline) January 28, 2019

January 24

22 FEVRIER 8h30 – Invitation à notre conférence avec @VigeoEiris : leur étude sur les pratiques droits de l'homme des entreprises + notre focus sur les accords-cadre mondiaux #devoirdevigilance #bizhumanrights
Inscriptions https://t.co/zsfn5gh60g pic.twitter.com/gAZuGV7db7

— Entreprises pour les droits de l’homme edh (@EntpourlesDH) January 24, 2019

January 23

Investors need to put their finances only to companies respecting #bizhumanrights because they have the ability to fight abuses with their finances :Adv Samuel Charandura on #bizhumanrights and #builtenvironment companies

— Legalrico Foundation (@LegalricoFdn) January 23, 2019

January 22

Investors highlight risks for #ICT companies that fail to protect #DigitalRights: https://t.co/m2R9yVPiE3 | @InvestForRights #FreedomOfExpression pic.twitter.com/xjRAifF25z

— Business & Human Rights (@BHRRC) January 22, 2019

#bizhumanrights webinar: ‘The importance of promoting responsible investor conduct to ensure corporate respect for #humanrights & accountability’. W/@barbara_bijelic–@OECD and @rachelowens–@Global_Witness JOIN US on Feb 1, 10:30-12:00pm EST. Register here: https://t.co/S2OkiIxTxB pic.twitter.com/9vynR4yT1E

— InvestForRights (@InvestForRights) January 22, 2019

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

https://twitter.com/AboveGroundNGO/status/1085221030958911489

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.

— 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 (@ShareAction) 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

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