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Responding to pressure from investors including @SumOfUs, @InvestForRights and other groups, Apple Commits to Freedom of Information and Expression in Human Rights Policy https://t.co/EumdgvBnBu
Join us on October 6 as we honor our 2020 Legacy Award recipient Susan Smith Makos of Mercy Investment Services, a powerful advocate for the common good whose deep knowledge, dedication and collaboration we'll celebrate at "EmPOWERing the People". Link:👉 https://t.co/aXUP2hub4Q
We're delighted to welcome @SHARE_ca's @ShannonRohan as a panelist at our Oct. 6 event #EmPOWERingThePeople, where she'll offer her perspective on the issues to consider and the tools we will need to pave the road towards a #JustTransition. Join us 👉https://t.co/t81w2bWAtX
Every year hundreds of people—investors, NGO's, academia, and civil society—join this webinar to review the coming proxy season. It's ICCR's 2020 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide Overview https://t.co/Or0NGOC0NX via @GoToWebinar
On 02/27 join Beth Young, Tim Smith of @BT_Walden, Amina Rubin of @AzzadFunds, Niko Lusiani of @OxfamAmerica and Caroline Boden of MIS for a webinar preview of ICCR's 2020 Guide + investor actions on #HumanRights, #ClimateChange, #DrugPrices. Register here https://t.co/uYpqSxzaO0
Member of European Parliament @paultang: “You don’t need to tweak the financial system; you need to fundamentally change it. Disclosure is a start, but not enough. Governments should require changes in investor decision-making, not just reporting.” #UNForumBHR#bizhumanrights
Exxon’s departure comes amid a corporate exodus by the likes of Ford and Expedia, happening largely in response to ALEC’s positions on climate change and renewable energy solutions. https://t.co/w7k44qJvwM
Around the world, millions of workers become trapped in forced labor when unscrupulous labor brokers charge exorbitant recruitment fees. @Marriott is doing the right thing by not charging its job applicants fees #NoFees https://t.co/jGzNcBLBVF
IKEA has done mapping of the recruitment network from store to factory to recruitment agent, to Nepal, back to the sub-agents in the villages. Finding: job-seekers pay from $5,600 to $7,400 to get a job! @ICCRonline@ihrb @CGF_Sus @ILO_EndSlavery
Michael Musuraca and @ShannonRohan talk to Responsible Investors about why we need workforce disclosure that accounts for the entire employment footprint (paywall) https://t.co/wfMhshOBhF
Hats off to @DICKS CEO Ed Stack for taking the high road at today's annual mtg when a shareholder complained about pot. revenue loss due to its decision to stop selling assault weapons. Putting people before profits, Stack said it was "fine" if he never shopped at Dick's again.
Reducing methane leaks is essential to mitigating climate change, which poses an existential threat to communities and the natural world, and of course, to the companies in investors' portfolios. @ICCRonline https://t.co/hwoVBtyP6G
Through our partnership w/ @OtppInfo, & other institutional investors, we will take action on #diversity, #ClimateChange, & sustainable infrastructure spending. Through this global effort, we can mitigate against risks & help drive higher investment returns. https://t.co/1kWMQrls9g
Important new tool 2 ensure business respects #humanrights, avoids adverse social & envr. impacts, & remedies harm caused: @OECD publishes new #DueDiligence guidance for RBC. https://t.co/PQ61545gxh. Emphasizes prevention, #Gender perspective & meaningful stakeholder engagement