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INTEGRATING HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS INTO FINANCING DECISIONS

INTEGRATING HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS INTO FINANCING DECISIONS

Fair Finance Asia Webinar on 16 July 2020

Objectives of the Webinar:

  • Demonstrate how human rights risks can be integrated into the risk assessment and due diligence processes of financial institutions, by leveraging available research, metrics and ESG indices, along with conducting meaningful engagement with companies and their suppliers.
  • Increase understanding of human rights frameworks and benchmarks leveraged by financial institutions to analyze the policies and processes of companies, such as the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and Know the Chain.
  • Increase understanding of key human rights risks with a specific emphasis on all aspects of human rights and decent work provisions for workers throughout supply chains in the Asia region.

Read the full report here.