All Social issues articles – Page 11
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Webinar
Engaging on Whistleblowing: The Value for Investors
This webinar will explore the relevance of whistleblowing for investors and launch the PRI engagement guidance on whistleblowing. The discussion will cover the investor perspective, implications of recent regulatory developments such as the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive, and include perspectives from a former whistleblower.
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Blog post
Whistleblowing through the social and governance lenses
By Betina Vaz Boni, Analyst, Governance Issues, PRI and Elena Espinoza, Acting Head, Social Issues, PRI
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Engagement guide
Whistleblowing: why and how to engage with your investee companies
Transparency International defines whistleblowing as the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing. We use a broad framing of whistleblowing mechanisms to include those arrangements that encourage employees, customers and suppliers to speak up and share information on activities that violate a company’s ethical code of conduct, its legal and regulatory requirements ...
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Webinar
PRI Digital Forum: Americas - Breakout 1B: Human rights
This session will focus on identifying and remedying human rights violations in private equity portfolios.
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Webinar
PRI Digital Forum: Americas - Diversity, equity and inclusion
This webinar addresses the myth of meritocracy in hiring and promotion practices.
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Podcast
Spotlight on human rights: what are they and how do they impact investors?
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen engages in a dynamic human rights-focused conversation with Chris Newton, Executive Director of Responsible Investment at IFM Investors and Akiko Sato, Human Rights Lawyer and Japan Programme Coordinator at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.
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Podcast
Spotlight on the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge
In this episode of the PRI podcast, CEO Fiona Reynolds speaks with Dr Bronwyn King AO, Founder, Director and CEO of Tobacco-Free Portfolios. They discuss the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, the progress the initiative has made since its launch, the impact of COVID-19, links between human rights and tobacco, big issues ...
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Webinar
PRI Digital Forum: EMEA - Breakout 2B. Africa's Just Transition in practice
This session will discuss the challenges and opportunities of a just transition for Africa, with reflections from the continent and beyond.
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Case study
Engaging ICT companies to better protect children from sexual exploitation online
Case study by Christian Brothers Investment Services
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Blog post
What institutional investors need to know about the ‘S’ in ESG
By Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI and John Ruggie, author of the UN Guiding Principles and professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
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News and press
Principles for Responsible Investment sets new human rights expectations for investors
World’s leading proponent of responsible investment sets clear expectations for investors in new report, outlining why and how to consider human rights in investment activities.
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Thought leadership
Why and how investors should act on human rights
Just as for all businesses, institutional investors have a responsibility to respect human rights.
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Podcast
Investing in the living wage
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Sam Hepher from the Living Wage Foundation and ShareAction’s Rachel Hargreaves.
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Webinar
Consultation on PRI’s Human Rights Framework for Institutional Investors
The responsibility of institutional investors to respect human rights is reflected in international human rights standards, and constitute a universal, normative expectation by employees, beneficiaries, clients, governments, and wider society.
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Podcast
Unsecured lending in South Africa: how do we reverse course?
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nabylah Abo Dehman speaks with Naeem Badat, director at Differential Capital.
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Article
Theme 3: Covid-19, privacy rights and cyber security risks
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have introduced measures around bio-surveillance, censorship and misinformation that could have significant impacts on privacy rights.
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Article
Theme 2: supporting suppliers and building resilient supply chains
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the lack of resilience of supply chains in respect of labour rights during a large-scale disruption.
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Article
Theme 1: protecting workers’ rights through the Covid-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is primarily a public health emergency, but its consequences have shown that it is much more than that. While there is a sense that the pandemic is a collective phenomenon, the stark reality is that it hits the most vulnerable hardest.