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From poor working conditions to forced labour: what's hidden in your portfolio? A guide for investor engagement on labour practices in agricultural supply chains
This guide provides a comprehensive tool for engaging food and beverage companies on labour standards. It incorporates learnings from collaborative investor-company engagement focused on supply chain reporting and third-party resources. Outlining seven expectations for investors to focus on supported by relevant resources and case studies.
Global Steering Group for Impact Investment
The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) is an independent global steering group catalysing impact investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet. GSG seeks to build momentum behind the impact movement towards a resilient and sustainable investment system for the long term.
Financial inclusion: What have we learned so far? What do we have to learn?
Introduces financial inclusion as a dimension of financial development by presenting main findings and key insights from a micro and macroeconomic standpoint. Examines trends and provides insights into the effects of financial inclusion initiatives on the economy with a focus on household and micro, small and medium-sized (MSMEs) enterprise outcomes.
International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, focuses on achieving development outcomes through support for the private sector in developing countries. It has a sustainability framework and works with financial institutions, regulators and stock exchanges to introduce environmental, social and governance standards.
Investor toolkit: Human rights with focus on supply chains
The purpose of this toolkit is to help investors to engage constructively with the intention to encourage better practice from companies, thereby reducing human rights risks in supply chains. This toolkit focuses on practical engagement points with a business rationale.
An investor briefing on the apparel industry: Moving the needle on responsible labour practices
This report highlights why responsible labour practices in the apparel industry matter for investors. Drawing on investor case studies, the report explains how to implement effective strategies that address risks and negative human rights impacts in investee companies and their supply chains.
States of the apes: The impact of infrastructure development on biodiversity
The impact of infrastructure projects on biodiversity are examined, using apes to illustrate how investors can contribute to biodiversity protection. A sustainable approach to infrastructure development, which mitigates environmental, financial and reputational risks of investment, is presented.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a philanthropic organisation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The foundation focuses on the issues of extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries, and failures of American's education system.
Banking beyond coal: Sustainable development without coal finance
This investor briefing investigates the financing of the coal power industry. Highlighting that bank financing continues to facilitate active development of coal power infrastructure, particularly in developing nations, which is incompatible with the Paris Agreement. Additionally, it provides a call to action for investors to engage with their banks to strengthen coal divestment policies.
Oxfam
Oxfam is a global movement of international confederations that work together to fight inequality and poverty. They work directly with communities and seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods, and have a say in decisions that affect them.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the leading United Nations entity on human rights. It assists governments and business to fulfil their obligations and supports individuals to claim their rights.
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) works to advance human rights in business and eradicate abuse. They achieve this by amplifying the voices of the vulnerable as well as being human rights advocates in civil society, media, companies and governments.
International Capital Market Association
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is a non-profit membership association, headquartered in Switzerland, representing financial institutions active in international capital markets. ICMA serves a wide range of members including public and private sector issuers, financial intermediaries, asset managers and other investors, capital market infrastructure providers, central banks, law firms and others worldwide.
BlackRock
BlackRock is a global investment manager and technology provider offering a range of solutions for institutions, financial professionals and individuals. Based in New York, USA, BlackRock is recognised as the world’s largest asset manager, with over US$7.43 trillion in assets under management.
T100 Powered Ascent report: Insights from the frontiers of impact investing 2018
The Powered Ascent report is the second in the T100 Impact Portfolio Series. The T100 Project is a longitudinal study of the impact investing experience of Toniic 100% Impact Network members. The report combines an analysis of investment portfolio data from 76 members with stories of their personal journeys.
Toniic
Founded in 2010, Toniic is the global action community for impact investors. As a non-profit member organisation, Toniic serves individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, investment companies, and members of the public, committed to aligning their investments with their values across all asset classes.