OUT NOW: Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark assesses 16 of the biggest renewable energy companies. Nearly half of them scored below 10%. Read the results 📊 bit.ly/3cVd3wi | #BizHumanRights

📣 The Resource Centre is hiring! We're looking for a new Head of Communications to lead high-impact, change-making communications to put human rights at the core of business. For more info 👉 bit.ly/2Vd4Mhf | #BizHumanRights

Great to see more company support for EU mandatory human right & environmental due diligence legislation

Good morning! Ahead of Tesla's 'Battery Day' tomorrow, I wrote about the dirty business of nickel mining—and why a constellation of Russian indigenous communities have decided to call out Tesla over it. Plz read and share. grist.org/justice/russia…

This is what a #greenrecovery looks like: Fossil fuels OUT, EU Taxonomy IN. Congratulations ENVI Committee Press on a superb vote on the EU #RecoveryFund 👏👏 ECON Committee Press & BUDG Committee Press, do you hear? wwf.eu/?uNewsID=952366 #RRF

Investor action works! Monster Energy shows it’s possible to catch up, increasing its score from 0 in 2016 to 26 in 2020 following shareholder action Find out more 👉  knowthechain.org

New KnowTheChain food & beverage benchmark shows meat sector falling behind on protections against #forcedlabour - reminiscent of OxfamAmerica's calls for respect for worker's rights in poultry sector

.Business Roundtable: “The world will be watching this U.S. election like no other, and those voices out in front seen to be strongly supporting our democratic structures, and fundamental rights as citizens will not go unnoticed.”

Super close – Swiss Responsible Business Initiative dismissed, despite 50.7% YES votes! BUT: only majorities in 8.5 cantons instead of necessary 12. A few thousand votes were missing to gain the necessary 3.5 additional cantons.

For ⁦National Geographic⁩ this week, I wrote about one of Biden’s big climate moves that flew under the radar: an order to recalculate the social cost of carbon. Why this wonky economics metric matters so much for our future, and how we can expect it to change: nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…

At a meeting with #AssetOwnerAlliance CEOs, António Guterres calls on investors to set increasingly ambitious targets to achieve #netzero. "Our simple objective for 2021 is to make sure that we are able to build a truly global coalition for carbon neutrality by 2050." @PRI_News

The transition to net-zero carbon economy is urgent - the time is now for companies & investors to help ensure this transition respects #humanrights. Find out how from Business & Human Rights 👉 bit.ly/3jcEpCI

"We support an ambitious and attainable U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of 50 percent reduction of emissions by 2030" - new joint letter to U.S. policymakers signed by CEOs of CDP, Ceres, and @PRI_News wp.me/P9C1kM-Ce

Investor groups call on Biden admin to ensure a fast transition to net-zero that is just for all @PRI_News Ceres CDP Business & Human Rights Phil Bloomer Marti Flacks

Setting clear action plans & ensuring accountability is the first step for investors to tackle #climatechange - grateful to be part of this collaboration to support investors in this @PRI_News The Investor Agenda

Last week's IPCC report warns of imminent climate catastrophe. But what does it mean for Environmental Human Rights Defenders? And what role do businesses play? New blog 👇 srdefenders.org/resource/the-n…

#NEW: Join CSIS on Wednesday, August 25, from 1 - 2 pm ET, for a conversation on the #Afghanistan Aftershocks, ft. @csis_isp's Dr. Seth G. Jones, Human Rights Initiative' Marti Flacks, CSIS Japan Chair's Dr. Michael J. Green, & The New Yorker's Susan B. Glasser. Register: csis.org/events/afghani…

.Sharan Burrow & Fiona Reynolds remind us at #PRIDigitalConf: Investors have a key role to play in integrating just transition into climate action; we will not meet climate goals without this digitalconference.unpri.org/pri/agenda/?VI…

New research shows it is possible to tackle the massive disruption to the labour force of COVID-19 and the climate crisis together ITUC WRI Climate ituc-csi.org/the-green-jobs…

Nazmeera Moola of Ninety One SA at #PRIDigitalConf: Challenge for #justtransition is finding funding mechanisms for transitioning workers/communities reliant on fossil fuels & incentives for early retirement of coal plants #climatechange