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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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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 -
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: Missing in Action? Investor -
Navigating the surveillance technology ecosystem: A human rights due diligence guide for investors
Heartland, in partnership with Access Now, the Business & Human Rights Resource, and with support from regional digital rights organizations (DROs), published “Navigating the surveillance technology ecosystem: A human rights due diligence guide for investors.” This effort is helping to build capacity among investors and DROs to advance corporate accountability for -
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
Gina Gambetta | Responsible Investor | May 20, 2024 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: Sustainalytics to Stop Covering Human Rights Issues in ‘Contiguous Territorial Disputes’ Gina Gambetta | Responsible -
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 -
Open Letter: Chevron’s Business Operations in Myanmar
Heartland and more than 150 civil society organizations and concerned individuals called on Chevron and its partners to use their ownership stakes in joint ventures with the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) to ensure that payments of royalties and other revenues are not made to MOGE. Instead, companies should make revenue payments into protected