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We work with civil society organizations to ensure investor strategies integrate the perspectives of impacted people and communities.
From grassroots organizations to international NGOs, civil society represents both impacted rights holders and an essential source of information for investors seeking to address human rights and material risks in their portfolios. Heartland creates opportunities for the recognition of shared risks to fosterfor collaborative solutions and seeks to ensure that impact humans are at the center of investors’ human rights risk analysis.
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56% of Global Corporations Remain in Russia, Possibly Funding Two Months of Its War Against Ukraine – Report
Rich Stazinski adds, “As the invasion passes its tragic anniversary, CEOs are gambling with Ukrainian lives by ignoring mounting risks in pursuit of marginal profits. It is past time for allied governments to issue business advisories on Russia and clearly convey these heightened material risks to their domiciled companies.” Related posts: Investor Statement on the -
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. -
Big Investors Back Conflict Area and Child Labour Resolutions at Mondelez
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the New York City Comptroller, KLP, AP4, AP7, and Storebrand Asset Management have announced plans to support a conflict-affected area shareholder proposal at Mondelez. Related posts: Swedish Investor AP7 to Back Study on Mondelez Russia Business At least one Mondelez investor, Swedish pension fund AP7, will back a resolution calling for -
Private Sector Forum | Investing in Business Integrity Across the ESG Agenda
On December 12, 2023, Sam Jones of Heartland participated in the “Investing in Business Integrity Across the ESG Agenda” panel at the Private Sector Forum, held on the margins of the tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The forum, titled The -
ICCR Fall Conference 2023 | Controversial (Cyber)Weapons: The Case for Excluding Spyware from Portfolios
On October 5, 2023, Heartland convened a panel discussion titled “Controversial (Cyber)Weapons: The Case for Excluding Spyware from Portfolios” at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s Fall Conference. Faith-based and socially responsible investors have long used exclusionary screens to avoid companies involved in the development and sale of controversial weapons that violate international law due to their -
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 -
Investors Step Up Engagement with Semiconductor Firms Over Russian Weapon Systems
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 -
Joint Statement on the Situation in Sudan
We strongly condemn the escalating violence and rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian crisis in Sudan, which began on 15 April and continues at an alarming scale in dense population centres, including in Khartoum and Darfur. As organisations that work with companies and investors to advance corporate respect for human rights, we deplore the clashes -
On the Tenth Anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy, Investors Call on Companies to Prioritize Worker Safety in Global Apparel Supply Chains
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. Related -
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, -
Joint Statement: States & Investors Have a Responsibility to Curtail the Abuse of Spyware
Heartland and 45 leading civil society organizations call on the governments convening the Summit for Democracy 2023 to prioritize human rights due diligence for spyware technologies on the Summit’s agenda. To achieve greater transparency, accountability, peace and a more prosperous future for all, in alignment with the stated objective of the Summit, states and investors -
ICCR Fall Conference 2023 | Big Risks, Small Packages: The Indispensability of Semiconductors to Drone Warfare and the Modern Face of Global Conflict
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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