Controversies surrounding NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware and the inherent bias of facial recognition systems highlight the need for immediate and improved due diligence for these emerging technologies. A new guide launched today on effective due diligence will help shareholders with investments in the surveillance technology ecosystem identify, assess, prevent and mitigate increasing human rights and

In February 2022, Heartland joined more than 100 companies, investors, business associations and initiatives and released a joint statement urging the EU to swiftly adopt a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence within the Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative.  Related posts: Investor Statement on the Crisis in Ukraine On February 24, 2022

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

On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military carried out a coup d’etat against the country’s democratically elected government. The military’s increasingly repressive crackdown against pro-democracy protesters has led to more than 5,000 deaths, including summary executions, and tens of thousands more detained, tortured, and injured. The coup followed the military’s ethnic cleansing campaign against the

On April 7, 2021, Heartland, along with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and investors representing $1 trillion in assets under management, urged Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program and align with the standards set by its major industry peers. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the inadequacy of Wendy’s current approach, as several of

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

Heartland joined Human Rights Watch and 95 other human rights and good governance organizations in urging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to consistently and formally incorporate anti-corruption measures into its COVID-19 pandemic-related emergency funding. In a letter to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, the organizations called on the IMF to take concrete steps to empower

As part of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights’ “Technology & Human Rights: Salient Risk Briefings” series, Heartland co-authored a briefing on conflict and security in the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) sector, which provides tailored guidance to investors engaging tech companies for addressing human rights- and conflict-related risks.  Related posts: Heartland Joins the Global