Investment
Michael Goldhaber
REPORT: Making ESG Real: A Return to ...

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.

REPORT: Making ESG Real: A Return to Values-Driven Investing
Technology
Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
REPORT: Reality Check: How to Protect Human ...

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.

REPORT: Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web
Technology
Paul M. Barrett and Justin Hendrix
REPORT: Safeguarding AI: Addressing the 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.

REPORT: Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
REPORT: Gaming the System: How Extremists ...

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.

REPORT: Gaming the System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites And What Can Be Done About It
Manufacturing
Natasja Sheriff Wells & Chana Rosenthal
REPORT: A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP: HOW CLOTHING ...

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.

REPORT: A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP: HOW CLOTHING BRANDS EXPLOIT SUPPLIERS AND HARM WORKERS – AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT

Human Rights Leadership

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Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business

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Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business

Mike Posner delivered the Annual Human Rights Lecture entitled, “Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business" at the Australian Human Rights Centre at the University of New South Wales.

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights letter to President Obama regarding the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights letter to President Obama regarding the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct

As it finalizes its own National Action Plan, Michael Posner and Sarah Labowitz encourage the President to include meaningful changes to US policies and practices that set a new standard for government action to advance efforts by businesses to respect human rights.

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The U.S. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights should encourage higher standards for human rights

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The U.S. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights should encourage higher standards for human rights

As it finalizes its own National Action Plan, the United States is well poised to set a new standard for government action to advance efforts by businesses to respect human rights. The test will be whether the plan includes meaningful changes in US policies and practices.  

Is German business seizing Merkel's challenge to see refugees as an “opportunity for tomorrow”?

Is German business seizing Merkel's challenge to see refugees as an “opportunity for tomorrow”?

In her New Year’s address, German chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to view the almost 1.1 million refugees that arrived in Germany in 2015 as an “opportunity for tomorrow.” The decisiveness and speed of some German businesses to set up integration programs for refugees can be regarded as an example for companies across Europe.

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights comments on the extension of the Reporting Requirements for Responsible Investment in Burma

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights comments on the extension of the Reporting Requirements for Responsible Investment in Burma

Sarah Labowitz and Michael Posner advocate for the continuation of of the Reporting Requirements for Responsible Investment in Burma, by asserting the requirements are necessary for the proper functioning of the State Department and other federal agencies in their advocacy for a fair, rules-based global economic order. 

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Strive Masiyiwa Proves You Can Succeed in Business While Creating Value for Society

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Strive Masiyiwa Proves You Can Succeed in Business While Creating Value for Society

Mike Posner interviewed Strive Masiyiwa, founder of Econet Wireless, as part of NYU Stern's MBA orientation program, LAUNCH. He reflected on how business leaders not only can, but are using the power of business to create value for society.

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NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Comments to the International Bar Association (IBA)’s Working Draft, “Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations"

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NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Comments to the International Bar Association (IBA)’s Working Draft, “Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations"

Sarah Labowitz and Michael Posner offer their comments to the International Bar Association's in regards to their working draft, “Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations.”