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Truth in impact: A Tideline guide to using the impact investment label
This report provides insights on sustainable investing labelling. Investors can self-classify and maintain market integrity through clear, accurate labelling backed by independent verification. The report offers a proprietary Framework for Impact Labeling, case studies, and observations about sustainable investing.
The geography of Australia’s digital industries: Digital technology industry clusters in Australia’s capital cities and regions
This report documents the location of 96 digital technology industry clusters in Australia’s capital cities, regions, and suburbs. The report draws attention to the variables that affect industry growth and development, from company profit growth to housing affordability and quality of life.
Rights-respecting investment in technology companies
This briefing highlights the potential human rights impact of technological advancements and the responsibility of institutional investors to mitigate these risks. Based on the UN Guiding Principles, investors should implement human rights policies, assess risks and divest from companies with inadequate human rights practices.
Investors' expectations on responsible artificial intelligence and data governance
This report outlines responsible AI and data governance principles and engagement framework for investors across multiple sectors. The six core principles aim to enhance machine learning, auditability, explainability, and transparency, while taking into account legal, regulatory, ethical, and reputational risks.
Human rights risks in tech: Engaging and assessing human rights risks arising from technology company business models
This tool outlines strategies for investors to assess technology companies’ responsibility to respect human rights. It includes questions addressing engagement on specific business model features that may create human rights risks and an evaluation framework to assess company responses.
Engaging the ICT sector on human rights: Privacy and data protection
This report provides sector-wide risk assessment on privacy and data protection in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. It includes international standards and salient issues to consider when engaging with ICT companies, the "business case" for privacy and data protection, and investor guidance for engaging ICT companies.
Engaging the ICT sector on human rights: Political participation
This ICT sector-wide risk assessment examines potential impacts on the salient human rights issue of political participation. It presents international standards, discusses the use of ICT in politics, and offers human rights guidance for businesses to follow. Additionally, the report highlights risks and offers stakeholder-engagement suggestions and investor efforts to mitigate negative impacts.
Engaging the ICT sector on human rights: Freedom of opinion and expression
This report assesses freedom of opinion (FOE) and expression risks in the ICT sector. It identifies negative impacts and provides guidance for companies and investors on how to respect and promote FOE.
Engaging the ICT sector on human rights: Discrimination
This report examines the risks of discrimination in the Information and Communication Technologies sector and its impact on human rights. It provides company guidance on eliminating discrimination and promoting inclusion, as well as investor guidelines for holding companies accountable.
Engaging the ICT sector on human rights: Conflict and security
This report provides an overview of the main human rights instruments and adverse impacts of the ICT sector in conflict-affected areas, emphasising its role in promoting security and other human rights while highlighting the potential risks of new technologies in this context. It also includes investor guidance to help evaluate if companies are meeting their human rights responsibilities.
Digital safety risk assessment in action: A framework and bank of case studies
This report contains a framework and case studies for digital safety risk assessment. The case studies cover topics such as trust and safety best practices, human rights due diligence, and child safety in gaming and immersive worlds.
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Strengthening financial resilience among rural and refugee communities in Rwanda
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has improved financial inclusion, through implementing its Expanding Financial Access and Digital and Financial Literacy (REFAD) program in Rwanda, and by working with local partners to help cater digital financial solutions and improve financial literacy for rural and refugee communities.
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.
Tech giants' investments in renewable power purchase agreements lead the way: Saving money while the sun shines (and the wind blows)
Information and communication technology giants are leading the private sector in the uptake of power purchase agreements and direct renewable investment. There is a strong business case behind their investments, which also contributes to their overall carbon emissions reduction plan