Tag: human rights
PRI: Investors must improve performance on diversity issues
Investors have a vital role to play in affecting systemic change on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) issues, not only within their own organisations,...
The Great Resignation – Covid-19 Impact on Employment
“We’re teetering on the brink of a public sector workforce crisis” (MissionSquare Research Institute)
As state and local governments face unprecedented workforce shortages, an alarming...
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...
Gen Z: Human rights most investable megatrend ahead of climate change
| 45% of Gen Zs selected human rights as the most investable megatrend over the next 5 years (only 34% chose climate change) based...
Hedge fund strategies for ESG risk management
| Interview with Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director and Head of ESG Research at AQR Capital Management
investESG.eu: What strategies do you see the most opportunity to...
Finnfund and University of Helsinki to invest together into microfinancing in...
Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, announced today a EUR 10 million debt facility commitment to the Advans Group, one of the...
GRI raises the global bar for due diligence and human rights...
Standards for greater transparency on impacts than ever before
The GRI Standards have today been strengthened so they deliver the highest level of transparency for...
Diversity, equity, and inclusion across the public sector workforce
A new research report provides a comprehensive analysis of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape across the public sector workforce in the United...
UNDP: Unlocking digital investments for a sustainable recovery
| By Elena Johansson
Marcos Neto, director finance sector hub at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), talks to investESG.euabout the progress made on a sustainable...
UN Food Systems Summit: How to best finance the transformation?
To transform our food systems we must reimagine how they are financed, says IFAD President
To transform our food systems to end global hunger and...