Human & labour rights

A 'more pragmatic approach' required to boost support for a social taxonomy after green wrangling, Finance Watch suggests.

More support for reproductive rights proposals at US retailers; proxy voting season gets underway in Japan with first-ever institutional investor climate proposals.

Jewish groups put industry on notice, investors stress the need for objective analysis and data.

Parent company Morningstar has however discontinued the ESG rating provider’s Human Rights Radar for its “latent, disproportionate focus on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict”.

The Dutch asset manager's Greta Fearman highlights the potential of alternative data and tech for holding firms to account.

While Meta and Amazon's shareholders rejected all proposals, Twitter's AGM saw the approval of stakeholder resolutions on concealment clauses and electoral spending.

The firm is conducting an investigation led by independent directors and an outside law firm.

British American Tobacco, Coca-Cola HBC AG, easyJet, Flutter Entertainment, Glencore, Greggs, and Shell among firms at the “start of the journey”.

Pensions and insurance giant calls on UK policymakers to create a minister for Just Transition or a Just Transition advisory committee. 

European Defence Agency seeks to “measure and benchmark” defence industry’s contributions to sustainability goals.