Responsibility added after a decision is a message. Responsibility built into how the decision gets made is a structure. Only one still functions when no one is watching. More at https://t.co/GINB2eWq9M.
Many investors assume ESG-labelled funds automatically exclude companies connected to genocide, apartheid, war crimes or crimes against humanity.
But what happens when those red lines are blurred so much they get crossed?
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When should a company's links to human rights concerns lead to investment exclusion?
Our Senior Adviser Mike Head explores human rights screening and gaps in ESG frameworks on @FTAdviser's Margin Notes podcast.
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What builds investor resilience: more information, or a clearer view of how a framework moves capital before it acts? World Investor Week is a good place to ask.
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Crimes against humanity. Apartheid. Both are defined under international law long before any exclusion framework references them. Legal terms first. Investment criteria second.
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Rules-based exclusion: criteria fixed before any company is reviewed. Not adjusted after. Not weighted by committee. Defined once. Applied the same way, every time.
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A rules-based exclusion framework isn't a filter applied once at launch.
Legal thresholds are reviewed on an ongoing basis, not as a static snapshot.
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Certain violence against civilians must be treated as an absolute legal violation, not a variable to be weighed.
Same principle behind our exclusion framework. No partial credit.
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The Humanitarian Foundation doesn't operate quietly.
We share the organisations we support publicly, so others can find and support them too.
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Democracy depends on the rule of law holding, not just existing on paper.
Our exclusion framework rests on the same premise: legal thresholds applied consistently, never selectively.
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Schools are protected under the laws of war.
Deliberate attacks on education infrastructure can meet the legal threshold for a war crime under the Rome Statute.
Our exclusion framework applies that same standard. Not a judgment call.
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Today is the UN's International Day of Charity.
Much charitable giving depends on individual choice.
Our Humanitarian Foundation support is embedded into how the platform operates. Structure is what allows responsibility to endure.
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A rules-based approach is only as strong as the research behind it.
We work with independent research firm Ethical Screening, combining structured data, adverse-media reporting & specialist human judgement to apply our legal thresholds.
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The Foundation doesn't pick causes by visibility.
Severity of need, absence of a political resolution, and lack of existing support are the actual criteria, not headlines.
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Sacramento adopted new investment criteria restricting city funds from weapons, surveillance, and firms linked to severe human rights violations.
It reflects our approach: define the criteria, then apply them consistently.
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Should serious human rights abuses be treated as one factor among many, or as a clear threshold for exclusion?
@FundsEurope discusses that question with The Justice Company's Senior Adviser, Mike Head.
Full interview: https://t.co/94AXcRGTRD
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"Most ESG frameworks give a company a score. Many ethical funds exclude sectors. Neither was designed to identify serious human rights and humanitarian law abuses." β Mike Head, Senior Adviser at The Justice Company.
Read more via @FundsEurope: https://t.co/94AXcRGTRD
We're pleased to share the launch of The Justice Company Humanitarian Foundation's new website.
The Foundation directs resources to women, children and displaced communities facing the worst human rights conditions on earth, no matter where they are.
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