Heartland has joined nearly 200 signatories, including prominent organizations like the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), in issuing a joint statement. The statement emphasizes the critical importance of maintaining the core of the EU’s sustainable finance framework. It highlights that

Heartland is proud to support the development and launch of the Stakeholder Engagement Guide beta version, part of the Investor HREDD Precision Tools website. This tool was developed in collaboration with Rights CoLab, EIRIS Foundation, and ESG Inteligente | Consultoria em Direitos Humanos e Sustentabilidade, with generous support from Humanity United, The Generation Foundation, and

In October 2023, Heartland Initiative, PeaceNexus Foundation, and the Investor Alliance for Human Rights launched the Investor Engagement on CAHRA Pilot Project (Pilot Project). This initiative supports a coalition of twenty two lead and support investors in jointly engaging renewable energy and technology companies on emerging policies, practices, and governance strategies related to operations in

Heartland has joined the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), alongside more than 200 investors and service providers to urge the European Commission to “preserve the integrity and ambition” of the EU’s sustainable finance framework. The move comes amid alarm that

Today, the Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct convened for its inaugural meeting. The Committee discussed initial recommendations aimed at advancing human rights and environmental considerations in business conduct, in alignment with the U.S. National Action Plan and the U.S. National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights,

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.

On September 19, Heartland board member, friend, and mentor, Patricia (Pat) Zerega received the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility’s 2024 Legacy Award. For more than 45 years, Pat has dedicated her life and career to serving and speaking out for the “least of these my brothers and sisters.” Her care for the dignity of each

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

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.

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