Human Rights

SOC Investment Group files at Delta Airlines requesting report on expenditures that are intended, or could be viewed as intended, as union suppression; Nomura AM UK co-files at Canadian bank.

Exxon climate proposal 'practically dead' this year amid lawsuit; living wage and reproductive health proposals fail to get majority support at Walgreens.

Financial institutions will only be required to conduct due diligence on their own operations but will have to implement 'robust' transition plans.

Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation working on air pollution corporate benchmark to address 'blind spot' for investors.

Concessions on access to justice measures and transition plans also endorsed by permanent representatives from European member states.

As stakeholders gear up for the next trilogue on the bloc's proposed due diligence directive, RI explores some of the key sticking points.

Investors need better-quality data, at scale, to meet their human rights obligations, write Church Commissioners for England, Scottish Widows and Aviva Investors.

Several French investors have confirmed their participation, with the first meeting due to be held this week.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: Korea asks FSA to delay ESG disclosures; OMERS launches climate action plan; Californian climate bill passed by Assembly.

Key stakeholders warned that separating the issues could cause overlap, market confusion, and misalignment with other frameworks.