Staff Article
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Addressing Workplace Racism With Intentionality
The murders of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and countless other Black Americans at the hands of police have sparked a long overdue conversation in addressing racial injustice in the workplace.
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How Investors Can Embrace the “S” in ESG
Tags Share DATA ON COMPANIES’ SOCIAL METRICS MAY STILL BE INCOMPLETE, BUT THAT SHOULDN’T PREVENT INVESTORS FROM SCREENING BUSINESSES FOR LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THE KEY IS TO NOT LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. Which company makes for a more socially-responsible investment: A car manufacturer that makes electric vehicles, or…
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Software Investing Hits “Overdrive Mode” in 2020
Far from being the terrible year that investors feared at the outset of the pandemic, 2020 turned out to be a pivotal one for online shopping, collaboration, and virtual events. Underpinning it all was the software sector, which is now hotter than ever.
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An End to Trickle-Down Economics?
President Biden’s agenda is aiming to fuel economic growth from the bottom up by helping low-income individuals and immigrants as well as state and local governments—the opposite of the approach championed by his predecessor.
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Why We Must Protect Journalists, Our Pandemic Storytellers
Tags Share Journalists are our pandemic storytellers. They are asking tough questions to expose the truth about how governments are managing the crisis, examining the collapse of our social safety nets, disseminating the latest information about how to stop the spread of the disease, and facilitating the conversation about how to smartly distribute a vaccine.…
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Organizaciones De Derechos Humanos Presentan Amicus Curiae en Apoyo a La Tutela Para Personas Defensoras De Derechos Humanos Y Líderes Sociales en Colombia
Tags Share El Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos, Front Line Defenders, el Centro de información Sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos, Women’s Link, Alianza Mundial por la Participación Ciudadana CIVICUS y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presentaron un amicus curiae sobre el derecho a defender derechos como derecho autónomo ante la Corte Constitucional de Colombia…
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In Support of Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
RFK Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights before the Colombian Constitutional Court.
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How the Climate Crisis Impacts Women’s Rights in the Caribbean
Tags Share BY GABRIELA VALENTIN Globally, the climate crisis has a disproportionate impact on women’s access to their human rights. This is certainly the case in the Caribbean, where the climate crisis is worsening existing gender inequities. From Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, to earthquakes in Puerto Rico, and volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent, the…
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How Private Equity Can Help Corporate America Keep its Diversity Pledges
Private equity firms and the investors who back them are in a unique position to help companies diversify their boards, c-suites, and cubicles.
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Joint Amicus Brief Supports Colombian Protection Action for Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share International Service for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders, (the Center for Information on Business and Human Rights, CIVICUS, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights presented an amicus brief on the right to defend human rights as an autonomous right before the Colombian Constitutional Court on April 21, 2021. Colombia is the most deadly…
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How to Embrace a Data-Driven Shift Toward ESG
Tags Share If you weren’t able to make it to our spring investor summit, which was held March 16-17, 2021, or you missed some of the sessions, you can catch up here by reading about the most critical takeaways. ABOUT COMPASS LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUMMIT SUMMIT RECORDINGS SUMMIT PROGRAM BOOK CONTACT OUR TEAM
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Amicus Brief Calls for Colombia to Better Protect Journalists
In our amicus brief with GW Law School, we argue that the State of Colombia had a reinforced due diligence duty to prevent and investigate the violence suffered by Bedoya for being a woman, a journalist, and a human rights defender in the country’s armed conflict context.
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