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The future of tobacco stocks: a scenario analysis
This report identifies drivers of change within the tobacco industry and the potential risk factors that may arise as a result. The report conducts a scenario analysis that maps out three potential outcomes for the industry and the relative impact on the share price of the world’s largest tobacco companies.
Generation Foundation
Generation Foundation is the advocacy and grant-making initiative founded by Generation Investment Management. Generation Foundation works with various organisations to publish research addressing key global issues including climate change, carbon risk, gender inclusion and economic inequality.
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.
Australia's welfare 2019: Data insights
This 14th biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, presents an overview of the welfare data landscape and explores selected welfare topics - including intergenerational disadvantage, income support, future of work, disability services, elder abuse and child wellbeing - in eight original articles.
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.
A blueprint for mobilizing finance against slavery and trafficking
The blueprint is the final report of the Liechtenstein Initiative Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. The report covers goals and implementation strategies to strengthen the role of the financial sector in the global effort to end modern slavery and human trafficking, and accelerate action in line with the 2030 Agenda.
Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018: Guidance for reporting entities
Australian Government guidance to entities reporting under the Modern Slavery Act 2018. The guidance provides information on what is modern slavery, how it might impact on reporting entities, what obligations entities have under the Act, and how to report against mandatory criteria using case studies as illustrations.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre provides high-quality data, analysis and expertise on internal displacement. Their objective is to advise on policy and operational decisions that can improve the quality of life for internally displaced people and reduce the risk of future displacement worldwide.
Women's empowerment principles: Equality means business
The UN Women and United Nations Global Compact's collaboration provides a framework of principles for businesses to integrate gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community. The report highlights that women's empowerment will have a positive effect on business success and society.
RethinkX
RethinkX is an independent think tank that analyses and forecasts the speed and scale of technology-driven disruption and its implications across society. They produce impartial, data-driven analyses that identify pivotal choices to be made by investors, business, policy and civic leaders.
Arcus Foundation
Arcus Foundation is a charitable foundation for causes related to great ape conservation and LGBTQ rights and social justice. They partner with experts and advocates for change to ensure that LGBTQ people and apes thrive in a world where social and environmental justice are a reality.
Guiding principles on business and human rights: Implementing the United Nations protect, respect and remedy framework
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is a report that implements the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ framework, regarding the obligations of states and responsibilities of business to ensure that human rights are protected and respected throughout all business operations and ultimately remedied when breached.
Poverty Footprint
The Poverty Footprint is a tool that enables companies and partners to implement a people-centred assessment of corporate impacts on poverty. The report is used to better understand the impacts of operations and value chain on people and poverty, and to turn this learning into action.
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.