January 2020

 

 

 

 

News on #BizHumanRights issues mostly in a #sustainablefinance perspective.

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January 30

Investors are stepping up to help stop #ForcedLabor. Together, 135 global investors with $5 trillion in assets are joining @KnowTheChain and @InvestForRights in calling for safe and fair supply chains. 👇 https://t.co/d1giLWAFwO

— The B Team (@thebteamhq) January 30, 2020

January 29

It's time to publish the divestment report – with all the same facts, figures, & arguments (+ updates) – that convinced CalPERS, US' largest pension, to divest from for-profit prison giants CoreCivic & GEO Group‼️

Help make this happen by donating here: 👉🏻https://t.co/PLekv3e3D1 pic.twitter.com/sZsnyn7nVn

— Emily Claire Goldman (@mle_goldman) January 29, 2020

January 28

Last year, we developed policy recommendations for the National Action Plans, to help strengthen business accountability when it comes to #humanrights. You can now download the Spanish translation here: https://t.co/SPFvXwhcHK @WGBizHRs #bizhumanrights

— GRI (@GRI_Secretariat) January 28, 2020

January 27

Did the French #DutyofVigilance Law affect the quality of corporate human rights disclosure? https://t.co/0obkW170rG pic.twitter.com/JhFzfF7wfT

— Shift (@shiftproject) January 27, 2020

NGOs & local authorities are taking Total to court for its role driving the #ClimateCrisis

They argue that under France's duty of vigilance law, Total is legally required to identify & address the risks resulting from its contribution to climate changehttps://t.co/nHSHn5t0Jx

— Jeanne Martin (@JeanneMartin25) January 27, 2020

January 25

Emissions reduction in line with keeping global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees C is a core human rights demand. Companies that have no strategy to do this are not discharging their responsibility to respect human rights. #bizhumanrights https://t.co/fh1zc5Y3xh

— Brynn O'Brien (@brynnobrien) January 24, 2020

January 24

ICYMI: Apple shareholders are set to vote on a human rights resolution by @SumOfUs based on data from @rankingrights' 2019 Corporate Accountability Index. The vote is February 26th. Here's the resolution: https://t.co/VFPWkgDZhS #Apple #humanrights pic.twitter.com/0UCysAS3kZ

— Ranking Digital Rights (@rankingrights) January 24, 2020

Forced labor is ubiquitous in today’s complex and opaque supply chains. Global investors from 11 countries have signed our call for companies to eliminate #forcedlabor in their #supplychains. Read more 👉 https://t.co/LeW4GoVe4r@InvestForRights pic.twitter.com/UlXw6LhjdF

— KnowTheChain (@KnowTheChain) January 24, 2020

January 13

Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise – Report by @whitecase features @rankingrights and quotes our Research Director @brouilas! https://t.co/n8qNc5cUy6 #bizhumanrights #corporateresponsibility cc @investforrights

— Rebecca MacKinnon (@rmack) January 13, 2020

January 3

"Do Not Sell My Personal Information" buttons reveal what is at stake. Usually, online privacy erodes silently. #privacy https://t.co/Gmb8RU0sR4

— Ranking Digital Rights (@rankingrights) January 3, 2020

Going through the CHRB address list for all the CEOs and Chairs of the 200 companies and there seem to be as many men named *Michael* as there are women #Equality @equileap @danielle_burt_

— CHRB (@RankBHR) January 3, 2020

January 2

Disturbing and important reporting from @nitashatiku https://t.co/8Bi8PvJNlg

— Rebecca MacKinnon (@rmack) January 2, 2020

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