Tag: Due Diligence
Report calls for a risk-based due diligence approach to inform business...
INSIGHT by GRI
New analysis published by GRI explores the relationship between due diligence and sustainability reporting, offering insights on the current state-of-play within the...
Get ready for Human Rights Due Diligence!
| By Kristina Touzenis, Legal Director Presidium Network and independent consultant on social sustainability
Momentum is clearly growing for mandatory human rights as well as...
The Challenge of Human Rights Due Diligence
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) introduces environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure standards and definitions for financial market participants, advisors and products.
One of...
ESG Policy & Strategy – Key Questions
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| You may want start asking yourself the following – basic – questions:
1 Has your company adopted a written...
Cyclical Process
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| For any investor and company who want to be invested in, it would be beneficial to have a...
Awareness and attention towards rights and standards
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Start with your strategy/policy. Stating that you “work toward the SDGs” and they say that “you make certain...
ESG as a real sustainability tool
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Considering ESG as a real sustainability tool enables investors to identify new sets of financial risks and opportunities....
Private Impact
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Respect of Human Rights
There is no doubt that business enterprises can impact the entire range of human rights...
Bring it down to “earth”
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| It is important to understand that many internal violations of rights found in international instruments are dealt with...
ESG Disclosure Best Practice for Municipal Bonds
In the U.S. the Government Finance Officers Association ("GFOA") recommends that governments evaluate the development and disclosure of information regarding the primary environmental risks...