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Spotlight on human rights: what are they and how do they impact investors?
Spotlight on human rights: what are they and how do they impact investors?
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode of the PRI podcast, the PRI’s Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen engages in a dynamic human rights focused conversation with Chris Newton, Executive Director of Responsible Investment at IFM Investors and Akiko Sato, Human Rights Lawyer and Japan Programme Coordinator at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The podcast begins by grounding an investor’s understanding of human rights through analysing what human rights are, where they exist in relation to fiduciary duty and how they can be integrated into ESG considerations. It then explores the ways in which human rights are regulated across different geographies, how human rights considerations can be incorporated across asset classes and the importance of investor responsibility to enable and provide access to remedy. It concludes with the guests expressing their hopes and desires for the future of human rights in institutional investment. Read the PRI's flagship paper, Why and how investors should act on human rights
Released:
Nov 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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