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Investor group calls for banks to do more on human rights

Investors representing $861bn in assets under management have backed Dutch campaign group BankTrack’s 2022 Global Human Rights Benchmark and called on commercial banks to do more to implement human rights.

Investors back EU plan for human rights due diligence rules

Investors back EU plan for human rights due diligence rules The Investor Alliance for Human Rights wants mandatory, rather than voluntary, reporting and due diligence rules for corporations The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has called for EU companies to be held legally liable for human rights due diligence failures. In a response to an […]

Lobby group created for ‘human rights due diligence’ rules

A new international lobby group has been formed to pressure governments to introduce regulations around companies’ impacts on human rights. The group, called the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, is comprised of 105 international investors representing $5trn in assets under management. They have issued a statement making the “investor case” for regulations requiring companies to […]