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Managing Risks Created By Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Enhanced Due Diligence and Advanced Know-Your-Customer Policies

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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

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Investors Step Up Engagement with Semiconductor Firms Over Russian Weapon Systems

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Evidence that Western-made microelectronics are being used in Russian weapons systems has prompted a ramp-up in investor engagement with manufacturers. Sam Jones, president and co-founder of the Heartland Initiative, tells Responsible Investor that investors wanted to discuss the findings of the report. They also wanted to understand more about the firms’ human rights-related policies, practices

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On the Tenth Anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy, Investors Call on Companies to Prioritize Worker Safety in Global Apparel Supply Chains

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On 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, Heartland joined a coalition of 194 global institutional investors representing $2.1 trillion USD in assets under management in calling on apparel companies sourcing from Bangladesh and Pakistan to strengthen their implementation of human rights due diligence to effectively embed their corporate responsibility to respect human rights.

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ICCR Fall Conference 2023 | Big Risks, Small Packages: The Indispensability of Semiconductors to Drone Warfare and the Modern Face of Global Conflict

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On March 16, 2023, Heartland hosted a panel discussion titled “Big Risks, Small Packages: The Indispensability of Semiconductors to Drone Warfare and the Modern Face of Global Conflict” at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s Fall Conference. The session provided participants with a practical overview of the types, value chains, and human rights risks associated

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Investor Briefing on Business Responsibilities Two Years into the Myanmar Coup

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Following the Myanmar coup in February 2021, 86 investors representing more than $4 trillion in assets endorsed an investor statement on business and human rights in Myanmar. They also launched a coordinated engagement with companies where evidence suggested their activities supported the military junta. Two years later, the responses from these companies have been mixed.

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Missing in Action? Investor Responses to the War in Ukraine

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Sam Jones, Rich Stazinski, and Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt (Investor Alliance for Human Rights) explore investor responses to the Russian war against Ukraine in Cambridge University’s Business and Human Rights Journal.  Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, many investors responded by unloading their Russian sovereign debt holdings. However, data from Bloomberg show that at the

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Most Multinationals Remain in Russia and Fund Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

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According to research by the activist group B4Ukraine, a coalition of Ukrainian and international civil society organizations, three-quarters of the most profitable foreign multinationals remain in Russia. In addition to calling on multinationals to leave Russia, Ukrainian organizations are also asking companies doing business in Russia to perform their own human rights due diligence. “Value

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