Understanding and Managing Human Rights Risks Is a Key Element of Integrated Thinking November 1, 2017 12:16 pm Published by Mairead Keigher This commentary is adapted from an address given by the author at the launch event for the UNGP Assurance Guidance in London on 19 September 2017. 1 November 2017 — The UN Guiding Principles Assurance Guidance is the first human rights specific guidance to those who perform assurance either within a company on its human […]
Reporting Trends and Insights: Are Companies Taking a Principled Approach or Are They Cherry Picking? April 12, 2017 9:16 am Published by Mairead Keigher This article is one in a series designed to highlight trends and key insights from corporate human rights disclosures found in the UNGP Reporting Database. In the next few weeks, Shift will also publish a research report analyzing the maturity of human rights reporting for 74 top global companies included in the Reporting Database. The […]
$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 […]
