Tag Archives: Inequalities

Human Rights, a Source of Legal Instability for Business? Not Really. What’s at Stake is More Profound

Multinational companies are increasingly given formal notice by civil society on the basis of human right due diligence laws. A new source of insecurity for companies as some say? What’s at stake is more profound for business and investors

Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate Business & Human Rights on its Way. 6 Areas to Monitor

Legally binding instrument to regulate multinational companies in International Human Rights Law is making progress. Here are 6 areas to closely monitor.

Role of Board of Directors to Accelerate Business Climate Adaptation

The 9th EcoAct benchmark assessing decarbonization of FTSE 100 companies is scathing: 85% of these large companies do not have a strategy to meet their climate challenges. Here is an 8-point plan to involve Board of directors in these issues, and to accelerate the taking into account of climate issues by companies.

Recasting the risk/return ratio at the time of ESG

It is high time to update the reading of the risk/return trade-off at a time when ESG criteria are becoming increasingly important.

Human Rights Due Diligence Across Investment Decisions – A 5 Step Approach

How to factor human right due diligence across investment decisions. Here’s a step by step approach developed across projects to help and provide some initial guidance.

What the New Business Roundtable Statement is Telling Stakeholders About Sustainable Business Made in USA today?

What to think about sustainable business “made in USA” today, when 181 most influential CEOS agree upon a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation?

What To Learn From France’s and UK’s Human Rights Due Diligence Laws?

Human rights due diligence laws are gaining traction all over Europe. What To Learn From France and UK’s Human Rights Due Diligence Laws?

How to Secure Fiduciary Responsibility of Corporate Boards of Directors at the age of Deep Climate, Digital, and Social Transformations?

Corporate Boards of Directors need to adapt expertise and the way they operate to address the profound climate, digital and social transformations underway