Human Rights

The latest developments in sustainable finance: New York State to divest eight oil and gas companies; ASEAN stock exchanges to develop joint ESG disclosure regime.

Investors call out ExxonMobil lawsuit; ESG proposals at Tyson Foods fail to get majority support; FPIC resolution filed at RBC.

American firms are up in arms at the prospect of being forced to account for their supply chains by European policymakers – and rightly so, say Daniel Crowley and Robert Eccles.

SOC Investment Group files at Delta Airlines requesting report on expenditures that are intended, or could be viewed as intended, as union suppression; Nomura AM UK co-files at Canadian bank.

Exxon climate proposal 'practically dead' this year amid lawsuit; living wage and reproductive health proposals fail to get majority support at Walgreens.

Financial institutions will only be required to conduct due diligence on their own operations but will have to implement 'robust' transition plans.

Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation working on air pollution corporate benchmark to address 'blind spot' for investors.

Concessions on access to justice measures and transition plans also endorsed by permanent representatives from European member states.

As stakeholders gear up for the next trilogue on the bloc's proposed due diligence directive, RI explores some of the key sticking points.

Investors need better-quality data, at scale, to meet their human rights obligations, write Church Commissioners for England, Scottish Widows and Aviva Investors.