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The Saliency Materiality Nexus

Corporate proximity to human rights harms can create financial costs for companies, leading to myriad risks for their shareholders. The intersection of these risks, referred to as the “saliency-materiality nexus,” can exist in any operating context, but human rights risks to people most often translate into financial impacts for companies and shareholders in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRA)

Russian Business Advisory Statement

Heartland Initiative, working with investors and civil society partners, advocated and provided technical support for the U.S. Government’s Russia Business Advisory concerning the salient human rights and financial material risks associated with business activities in Russia and Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine

Surveillance Technologies

In March 2022, Heartland, in partnership with Access Now, the Business & Human Rights Resource, and with support from Agentura.ru, Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Internet Freedom Foundation, Paradigm Initiative, and R3D, published “Navigating the surveillance technology ecosystem: A human rights due diligence guide for investors.” Heartland and its partners continue to build capacity among and tools