New Report: Failures in Governance and Lack of Appropriate Focus Still Common Amongst Largest Companies May 10, 2017 8:21 am Published by Mairead Keigher Findings based on new indicators of maturity for corporate reporting developed by Shift 10 May 2017 — Today Shift has released Human Rights Reporting: Are Companies Telling Investors What They Need to Know, a new report authored by Shift and supported by the UK Department for International Development, EY and Hermes Investment Management. This report features a […]
Q&A With Eurosif on Public Database of Corporate Reporting on Human Rights May 31, 2016 2:55 pm Published by Mairead Keigher 31 May 2016 — In a new Q&A, Shift President Caroline Rees discusses with Eurosif, the leading pan-European sustainable and responsible investment membership organization, how the creation of the UNGP Reporting Database is helping increase understanding of how companies are embedding the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in their business. This Q&A was originally published by […]
$4 Trillion Investor Coalition Backs New Human Rights Reporting Tool February 25, 2015 3:34 pm Published by Mairead Keigher 25 February 2015 — A group of over 60 investors from Europe, North America and Australia, with $3.9 trillion of assets under management, have today urged leading companies to use new guidance to help them ‘know and show’ their management of human rights risks. In a joint statement the investors backed the new UN Guiding […]
First Comprehensive Guidance for Companies on Human Rights Reporting Launches in London February 24, 2015 11:42 am Published by Mairead Keigher Guidance is first to align with the global standard on business and human rights 24 February 2015 – London, United Kingdom – The first comprehensive guidance for companies to report on human rights issues in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) launches today in London. The guidance, the […]
