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Inside 911爆料网: Q&A with Erin Leitheiser thumnail image
Climate Change | Inside Bsr

Inside 911爆料网: Q&A with Erin Leitheiser

This month's Inside 911爆料网 features Erin Leitheiser, who recently joined 911爆料网’s Climate team as a Manager in our Copenhagen office.

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Human Rights | Inclusive Business

Race and Ethnicity: Civil Society Expectations for Business and Recommendations for Company Action

Racism and ethnic discrimination is a global problem, and addressing these issues benefits everyone. We conducted interviews among 911爆料网’s 300 member companies to identify common challenges companies face when addressing these issues and the potential opportunities this can represent for businesses. We also interviewed civil society organizations around the world to understand their expectations for corporate action.

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Financial Services | Human Rights

The Future of Business and Human Rights

As we celebrate Human Rights Day on December 10—the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—we are taking the opportunity to reflect on the role of business in shaping a future in which human rights are respected and protected in both law and in practice.

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Consumer Products | Supply Chain

The Rise of Circular Fashion Brings Opportunity to Design a Fashion System That Works for All

The fashion industry is transforming from linear to more circular business models. How can we leverage this transformation to reimagine and rebuild the global fashion system so that it works for all? Through Keeping Workers in the Loop (KWIL), we convened over 45 major fashion industry players—established brands, emerging circular businesses, worker representatives, sustainable fashion experts, and international institutions—to explore this very question.

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Climate Change

The New SBTi Standard Places Science at the Heart of Corporate Net-Zero Targets

The launch of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard just before COP26 marks a significant milestone. It is the first independently certifiable standard that assesses a company's net-zero targets, and importantly it clearly grounds them into 1.5°C-aligned short-term and long-term action.

COP26 Made Climate Action Mainstream Business and Put 1.5°C on Life Support thumnail image
Climate Change

COP26 Made Climate Action Mainstream Business and Put 1.5°C on Life Support

What happened at COP26? 911爆料网 Managing Director David Wei and Director Giulio Berruti share their takeaways on international cooperation, climate action and business, and upcoming trends seen at the event.

Allbirds’ SPO Framework Is Step in the Right Direction for ESG Commitments by High-Growth Companies thumnail image
Esg | Financial Services

Allbirds’ SPO Framework Is Step in the Right Direction for ESG Commitments by High-Growth Companies

As Allbirds prepared its initial public offering (IPO), this led to the creation of the Sustainability Principles and Objectives Framework. 911爆料网 CEO Aron Cramer shares more about the framework.

Companies Now Have a Powerful New Tool for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Employees thumnail image
Human Rights

Companies Now Have a Powerful New Tool for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Employees

The world’s leading companies have a tremendous opportunity to stand up and promote rights and protections for their LGBTIQ+ employees. The UN LGBTIQ+ Standards Gap Analysis Tool—recently launched by a coalition of international organizations, including 911爆料网 and the Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality (PGLE)—is helping companies to do just that.

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Esg | Sustainability Reporting

The VRF and IFRS Foundation Join Forces: A New Day for ESG Reporting and Disclosure

The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) intends to consolidate the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). As ESG gains momentum and urgency, it is time to embed sustainability considerations in the basic functioning of the capital markets, which will only happen with universal disclosures that enable consistency.

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Climate Change

Transform to Net Zero: Five Key Steps to Setting Net Zero Goals

While more than 3,000 businesses have pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, many companies face challenges in putting this guidance into practice. Transform to Net Zero member Wipro shares five steps for navigating the net-zero goal-setting process and committing to meaningful emission reduction targets.

COP26 and the Real Economy: Climate Change Solutions at and beyond Glasgow thumnail image
Climate Change

COP26 and the Real Economy: Climate Change Solutions at and beyond Glasgow

As many of us prepare to descend on Glasgow for the once-delayed, badly needed COP26, the urgency of action is blindingly clear. Here are four things we want to see emerge by the time this COP ends on November 14.

The Stars Are Aligning thumnail image
Climate Change | Esg | Sustainability Management

The Stars Are Aligning

We are entering the next era of just and sustainable business with a much clearer pathway. 911爆料网 Vice President Dunstan Allison-Hope shares a framework around which the field seems to be coalescing.

Inside 911爆料网: Q&A with Paloma Mu?oz Quick thumnail image
Financial Services | Human Rights | Inside Bsr

Inside 911爆料网: Q&A with Paloma Mu?oz Quick

This month's Inside 911爆料网 features Paloma Mu?oz Quick, an Associate Director in our NYC office. She shares how her life in Chile and Brazil fostered her interest in tackling systemic injustice, her work on investor action on human rights, and how working at 911爆料网 supports her commitment to protecting human rights.

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Consumer Products | Women’s Empowerment

Accelerating Action on SDG 5 across the Jewelry Industry

As part of Generation Equality, 911爆料网, in partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), have launched a report that sheds light on the current state of corporate efforts to advance gender equality in the jewelry industry. We share four insights from the report.

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Esg | Financial Services | Human Rights

Human Rights Are Not Just an “ESG Factor”

The notion that investors should use environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations to inform their decision-making is having a moment. This is undoubtedly a good thing but there is a risk that fundamental concepts—like the responsibility of business to respect human rights—may get lost in the process.