Our latest report, “Making ESG Real: A Return to Values-Driven Investing,” explains the historical wrong turn taken by ESG investors, and proposes ways to re-prioritize the protection of the environment and society.
Our latest report, “Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web,” explains the risks to privacy and safety exacerbated by immersive technologies and recommends steps tech companies and the government can take to minimize those risks.
Our latest report, Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence, identifies he risks related to generative AI and recommends steps tech companies and the government can take to minimize those risks.
Our latest report, Gaming The System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites And What Can Be Done To Counter Them, describes how extremist actors are exploiting online gaming sites to disseminate violent ideologies, network with like-minded people, and perpetrate real-world harm. The report recommends concrete steps the gaming and gaming-adjacent industries should take to counter such exploitation and avoid serious harm to users and society.
Our latest report on global supply chains and manufacturing coincides with the tenth anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013. In the decade since Rana Plaza, garment factory safety in Bangladesh has improved. But global apparel brands and retailers continue to put exploitative economic pressure on factory owners.
Large companies often express their desire to improve the recruitment process to avoid some of the human rights pitfalls associated with unethical recruitment, like worker fees, bribes, and fraud. But they also know that when it comes to recruitment, ethics are not free, and the current system can pay.
Last week, the office of Switzerland’s National Contact Point (NCP) quietly issued what may turn out to be a very important ruling. It essentially rejected FIFA’s arguments that as a not-for-profit it is exempted from OECD guidelines, and that the organization cannot directly influence standards in Qatar.
While news outlets erupted over news that Swiss authorities are pursuing a criminal probe of outgoing FIFA President Joseph Blatter, FIFA also quietly announced the start date of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. It reminds us of the ongoing difficulties faced by the thousands of migrant construction workers in Qatar who are laying the infrastructure for this massive undertaking.
The Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015 is the latest in a string of recent domestic legislative acts and ruling aimed at holding corporations accountable for their entire supply chains, not just their own employees or direct operations. Read more about this key piece of legislation for the global fight against human trafficking, forced labor, and the worst forms of child labor.
