24 April, 2020
Investors call for mandatory human rights due diligence
The issue of mandatory human rights due diligence for companies will not go away. This week a group of investors with $5trn in assets under management called on governments around the world to impose ...
20 April, 2020
Businesses ‘must consider human rights’ amid pandemic response
Businesses across the world have a responsibility to observe human rights as they respond to the global Covid-19 pandemic, according to a leading think tank. The statement from the
23 December, 2019
2019: The year in governance
It’s that time we when we look back on 2019 and try to make sense of it all, impose some meaning and shape on the issues as they unfolded throughout the past 12 months. One thing we won’t do, h...
6 December, 2019
Norway pushes for mandatory human rights due diligence
Norway has become the latest country to push for mandatory human rights due diligence, with large companies having to check their supply chains and face new reporting obligations on their actions to p...
25 November, 2019
Conservatives focus on executive pay and audit reform
Executive pay will be in the crosshairs of a new Tory government, should Boris Johnson be elected as prime minister, according to
15 November, 2019
Norges Bank excludes G4S from portfolio over human rights concerns
Boardrooms were delivered a blunt reminder this week that human rights cannot be ignored. Norges Bank, the $1,...
21 October, 2019
UN treaty renews focus on the role of business in human rights
In recent week officials, diplomats and academics gathered at the United Nations in Geneva to debate the details of
17 July, 2019
Human rights due diligence push ‘could turn boards into legal departments’
It’s become a commonplace approach among lawmakers and regulators: if you want to enforce new rules, get big companies to do it for you among their suppliers. And so it is with human rights due dili...
20 November, 2017
