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.

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.

This briefing explores the risks and opportunities Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) companies face in relation to children's rights. It highlights the importance of adhering to international standards and implementing internal policies and practices that prioritise the most severe impacts on children. Investors are encouraged to hold companies accountable.

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.

This report offers a comprehensive guide for effectively managing risk in machine learning models. It presents a framework that enables data science and compliance teams to create better, more accurate, and more compliant models. The report stresses the importance of understanding the data used by models and implementing three lines of defence to assess and ensure their safety.

This discussion paper presents broadcasting and on-demand standards regulation as a model to address harmful online content. It calls for transparency in platform moderation, a flexible approach to regulation in an environment of free expression, and harmonisation of a regulatory approach for globally accessible content.

First Australians Capital is a non-profit organisation fostering economic independence for Indigenous Australians. Empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs, it provides financial support, mentorship, and business resources. Enhancing economic self-determination, the organisation strives for sustainable Indigenous business growth.

This paper focuses on the discourse surrounding global conservation. It highlights the importance of recognising different responsibilities among actors and countries and calls for human-centred actions to ensure a safe and just future for all. It offers insights on introducing transformational elements to existing campaigns through the Earth System Justice Approach.

This article considers how to integrate principles of justice within Earth’s system boundaries, specifically for climate, the biosphere, water and nutrient cycles, and aerosols. Using the Earth system justice approach, it discusses living within planetary limits whilst minimising significant harm to all people and ensuring equitable access to resources.

The article asserts that building energy codes must be derived from global climate change targets. Thus, an innovate global Building Stock Energy Model is developed to determine the required energy efficiency levels for building stocks of 138 countries in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s below 2°C climate change scenario.

This report highlights that the business case for gender and ethnic diversity in executive teams is stronger than ever, having been deepened by the COVID-19 crisis. Emphasis on diverse representation within organisations is no longer sufficient; employees must feel and perceive equality and fairness of opportunity in their workplace.

This report examines the impact of China’s coal-fired power companies, and their inaction in responding to climate change. The report presents China’s six largest listed power companies and their associated CO2 emissions, as well as recommendations for investors to act on.

The Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing is an investor engagement series that documents collaborative dialogue between institutional investors and major food companies on managing environmental and supply-chain risks associated with meat and dairy sourcing, with a focus on climate, water and governance considerations.

Alternative proteins have the potential to address rising environmental, health and animal welfare concerns. The report shows the potential land that can be saved if the world adopts alternative proteins in place of meat, and provides an overview of the alternative protein market.

Eight major value chains contribute to over half of the global carbon emissions, indicating that decarbonisation of the supply-chain will be essential in addressing corporate climate change impact. Abatement solutions are already available and affordable. This report addresses how to decarbonise the value chain based on industry.

The key principle of the Core Benefits Verification Framework is Indigenous ownership of the verification process. The framework creates the opportunity for Indigenous people to be the experts in the verification of environmental, social and cultural values associated with community development programs, such as carbon farming.