Human & labour rights

Future of due diligence directive much brighter after 'watershed moment', although the text has been watered down further.

Campaign at Starbucks could provide a template for engagement on US labour rights, but participants warn battle is not yet over.

Investors split on freedom of association resolution at Maximus; SEC sides with firms on living wage and healthy product proposals; water resolution withdrawn at Monster.

Investor backed "100% of human-rights related" proposals at US firms in 2023, as Church Commissioners and HSBC AM target management on issue.

New York City Retirement Systems, SOC Investment Group and Trillium AM among group; AI and racial and gender pay resolutions to be voted on at tech giant.

Two years on from the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, RI asks whether investor appetite for engagement with firms operating in Russia has waned.

It is the latest case of scrutiny over alleged investor exposure to Myanmar’s military junta.

ShareAction's Good Work Coalition tells RI about its shift to a systemic risk approach and efforts to bring on more asset owners.

Proposals at retail giants highlight low wages are ‘harmful’ to economy and shareholder returns.

The region is grappling with the phase-out of coal-fired power generation, while regulators are tightening sustainable finance requirements.