Business & Human Rights

  • Zitelmann: Defending Capitalism

    March 29, 2022

    Despite Capitalism increasingly gaining a negative connotation, Dr Rainer Zitelmann argues that Capitalism is worth defending, attributing the decrease of extreme poverty around the world to below 10% to a capitalist system.

  • Reuters: U.S. ESG shareholder resolutions up 22% to record level for 2022, study finds

    March 24, 2022

    According to a study released by activist group As You Sow and researchers including the Sustainable Investments Institute, shareholders have filed a 529 resolutions related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues for the annual meetings of publicly traded U.S. companies so far this year, giving a 22% increase from this point in 2021.

  • Environmental CEO’s Lobby UN to Embrace ‘Nature-Positive by 2030’ Goal

    March 15, 2022

    CEOs from 14 of the world’s largest environmental organizations have established a mission with the goal of having a new Global Biodiversity Framework to be agreed upon at this years COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China that calls for a global halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, aiming to reach full recovery by 2050.

  • Facebook Allows Posts Urging Violence against Russians

    March 14, 2022

    According to Reuters, Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers concerning the Ukraine invasion, changing their hate speech policy.

  • Bloomberg: ESG investors at crossroads after investing in Putin's Russia

    March 09, 2022

    Sustainable funds labeled ESG (Environment, Social, Governance interests), a movement that promotes itself as changing the world for the good, are finding themselves at crossroads holding Russia Bonds, as well as shares of companies like state-run Gazprom, ultimately helping invest in Putin’s government.

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