All Social issues articles – Page 12
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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.
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Article
Covid-19 and human and labour rights concerns
In March 2020, the PRI launched two discussion forums on the PRI collaboration platform to collect investor experiences relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Blog post
US investor perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion
By Carol Jeppesen, Head of the US, PRI
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PRI Web Page
Collaborative engagement on responsible sourcing of cobalt
This PRI-supported collaborative engagement on responsible cobalt sourcing ran between 2018 and 2020 with companies in the electronics and automotive sector. A total of 46 institutional investors, representing approximately US$6.4trn in assets under management, engaged with 16 companies on their cobalt sourcing practices.
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Blog post
Environmental and social policies pay off when times are tough
By Rui Albuquerque, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, CEPR and ECGI, Yrjo Koskinen, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Shuai Yang, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, and Chendi Zhang, University of Exeter Business School
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Article
AGM season during the COVID-19 pandemic: trends and themes
The 2020 AGM season has been unique. The record levels of support seen across 2019’s environmental and social proposals, alongside increasingly urgent climate action and commitments by huge corporates and investors to stakeholder capitalism, set the stage for an interesting season. In addition to this, the COVID-19 crisis has, in ...
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Podcast
A sustainable and inclusive recovery from COVID-19
The connection between investors and policymakers is not working as it should if the recovery from COVID-19 is to be sustainable and inclusive with concrete reforms. This podcast explores the role investors have in elevating climate and human rights as part of the COVID-19 recovery, and how they can work ...
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Engagement guide
Sustainable and inclusive: Covid-19 recovery and reform
Provides guidance for investors pursuing policy engagement during and post-COVID 19
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Webinar
Investing in human rights: a roadmap for investor action
This webinar will explore the responsibilities of institutional investors to respect human rights, and how this can be implemented in practice by exploring the recently launched Investor Toolkit prepared by the Investor Alliance on Human Rights.
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Blog post
Investors must act now to tackle deforestation and threats to indigenous people in the Amazon
By Nabylah Abo Dehman, Manager, Social Issues, Isabella Coin, Analyst, Environmental Issues, and Maria De Filippo, Senior Specialist, Environmental Issues, all at the PRI
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Blog post
When Harry fired Sally: uncovering the gender punishment gap
By Mark Egan, Harvard University; Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University; Amit Seru, Stanford University
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Blog post
Beyond ESG incorporation: how the SDGs can help investors shape outcomes in the world
By Shelagh Whitley, Director of ESG and SDGs, PRI and Marcel Jeucken, Managing Director, SustFin Ltd.
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Webinar
All in the same storm but not in the same boat – protecting workers’ rights through the COVID-19 crisis
this webinar, will explore the range of risks different categories of workers have been exposed since the beginning of the pandemic and address how investors can contribute to ensuring jobs, workers and their rights are protected and respected in the midst of the crisis.