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Heartland connects investors, policymakers, civil society organizations, and companies to create enabling environments for human rights in business.
A significant obstacle to progress in corporate respect and accountability for human rights is the siloing of efforts by different stakeholders. Heartland identifies strategic opportunities when convening and coordinating these actors can result in concrete benefits for rights holders and shareholders. Our relationships with technical civil society experts, leading investors, and policymakers is essential to our ability to take quick and meaningful action when conflicts and crises arise.
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MNCs Still in Russia Ahead of Invasion Anniversary
ESG Investor | February 23, 2023 “Companies are playing a potentially lethal game of corporate Russian roulette by wilfully accepting exposure to an array of regulatory, legal, reputational, and financial risks by continuing to do business and utilise supply chains under military control in Russia,” said Rich Stazinski… Related posts: Financial Times | Mondelez stance -
Engagement in Complex Contexts: Exchange on Lessons Learned
On December 11th, Heartland’s Sam Jones will participate in the “Engagement in Complex Contexts: Exchange on Lessons Learned” session at next week’s Building Bridges event in Geneva. Amid rising global conflicts, responsible business practices are imperative for companies and investors to navigate increasingly complex geopolitical landscapes. Growing stakeholder demands for corporate responsiveness on social issues -
Heartland Joins the Global Network Initiative
Heartland is pleased to announce our membership in the Global Network Initiative (GNI) as part of its investor constituency. GNI is the leading multistakeholder forum for accountability, shared learning, and collective advocacy on government and company policies and practices at the intersection of technology and human rights. -
Engaging Business Forum 2024
On October 16th, Heartland’s Sam Jones will speak at the annual Engaging Business Forum at The Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta. This Forum convenes leaders from business, civil society, trade unions, and government to address today’s most pressing human rights challenges. If you’re attending, don’t miss the panel discussion titled “What’s Heightened about hHRDD?” Heightened -
Civil Society Letter: United States Must Reverse the Declining Use of Global Magnitsky Sanctions
Heartland along with 95 leading human rights and anticorruption nongovernmental organizations called on the U.S. Department of Treasury and the State Department to reverse the declining use of Global Magnitsky sanctions and act on dozens of outstanding civil society recommendations. In these final months of the Biden administration, we urge you to take immediate steps -
Rich Stazinski Named to the State Department’s Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct
Heartland is pleased to announce that Rich Stazinski has been named to the U.S. State Department’s newly formed Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct. The federal advisory committee will play a critical role in shaping U.S. policy on responsible business conduct. -
Congress Must Oppose Politically Motivated Threats to ESG Investing
Heartland, along with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and 77 institutional investors and civil society organizations, urged members of both houses of Congress to oppose a coordinated and well-funded campaign aimed at blocking investors from using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors as a framework for reducing long-term risk. [W]e are living in -
Managing Risks Created By Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Enhanced Due Diligence and Advanced Know-Your-Customer Policies
Working in partnership with Ukraine’s Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO), the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Open Society Justice Initiative, Heartland contributed to the development of a set of recommendations for semiconductor and other microelectronics companies to help prevent the diversion and misuse of their products in Russian weapons systems, used during the illegal invasion -
How to Keep Western Tech Out of Russian Weapons
Numerous recent reports have revealed the Russian army’s reliance on critical Western components to power its war on Ukraine. Moscow’s forces depend on Western-made inputs for the construction and maintenance of their drones, cruise missiles, communications systems, and electronic warfare complexes. Many of these components originate in countries supporting Ukraine militarily, including the United States, -
States Must Implement an Immediate Moratorium on the Sale, Transfer, and Use of Surveillance Technology
Heartland along with 155 civil society organizations and 26 independent experts call on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer, and use of surveillance technology. We, the undersigned civil society organizations and independent experts, are alarmed at the media revelations that NSO Group’s spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations