Tag: human rights
Top US boards’ ESG credentials improve
Governance and environmental skills in Fortune 100 companies have doubled in the past five years, research finds.
Why are firms avoiding ESG innovation?
Research in South Africa highlights the need for board-level involvement in order for ESG to move beyond risk mitigation.
Many boards fail to understand directors’ duties on sustainability
Directors and senior executives feel they are ill-prepared for incoming ESG regulations, Sustainability Board survey reveals.
A fragmented future for sustainability in Europe?
As the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive stalls, we must navigate a more complex and costly ESG landscape.
Campaigners push for progress on due diligence law
Germany urged to rethink its stance on the recently delayed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
EU delays vote on corporate due diligence law
There are fears the European Council may not gain the required votes to pass the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
Campaigners rally to save EU corporate due diligence law
Germany’s threatened abstention from a key vote on Friday could lead the way to derail the new sustainability directive.
UN challenges CEOs for paying ‘poverty wages’
United Nations’ expert on extreme poverty names and shames profitable US giants Amazon, Walmart and DoorDash.
ESG: a new dawn for investment strategies?
The patient capital contained in sovereign wealth funds and state capital could have a pivotal role in the ‘S’ of ESG.
OECD wades in on due diligence
As EU law on human rights and sustainability due diligence edges nearer to its final form, the OECD issues fresh guidance to multinationals.