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Board of Directors’ Duties Mitigating Climate and Human Right Risks. Increasingly, boards of directors are called upon to navigate the challenges presented by climate change, racial injustice, economic inequality, and numerous other human right issues that are fundamental to the success and sustainability of companies, financial markets, and economies. This call, welcomed by some and eschewed by others, is attributable in part to the large and growing influence that corporations hold over the social and economic well-being of people and communities everywhere. As a result, boards are stepping up their engagement on climate and ESG related-risks and opportunities. Ksapa CEO Farid Baddache and sustainability consultant François Thiombiano explore.

Board of Directors’ Duties Mitigating Climate and Human Right Risks

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Increasingly, boards of directors are called upon to navigate the challenges presented by climate change, racial injustice, economic inequality, and numerous other human right issues that are fundamental to the […]

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Tactical Solutions to Engage Business Partners on Forced Labor Issues. Forced labour – a thing of the past? Unfortunately, 2021 figures from the ILO point to 27.6m people throughout the world involuntarily working under conditions of threat or penalty and the numbers are increasing. In this light, Krystel Bassil, Senior Consultant Business & Human Rights at Ksapa, provides a 3-step approach to clearly signal and engage business partners on forced labor issues.

Tactical Solutions to Engage Business Partners on Forced Labor Issues

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Forced labour – a thing of the past? Unfortunately, 2021 figures from the ILO point to 27.6m people throughout the world involuntarily working under conditions of threat or penalty and […]

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Powering Change: Electricity, transition and development. Rafael Echechipia Fontana, BBA student and Winner in the CoBS 2023 Student CSR Article Competition at FGV-EAESP, contends that access to electricity and energy transition cannot be dealt with by purely developed economies alone – and that increased social and economic development in the Global South will provide a much-needed boost towards adopting greener energies.

Powering Change: Electricity, transition and development

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Rafael Echechipia Fontana, FGV-EAESP Brazil, with a focus on access to electricity and the energy transition in the global south.

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ESG and the Wine Sector: Turning Viniculture Grapes from Sour to Sweet. Professor Ligia Costa, FGV-EAESP, Director of the FGV Center for Ethics, Transparency, Integrity and Compliance Studies, explores the argument for adopting ESG concepts to turnaround human rights issues in the Brazilian wine sector despite the presence of existing codes of ethics

ESG and the Wine Sector: Turning Viniculture Grapes from Sour to Sweet

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Prof. Ligia Costa, FGV-EAESP, explores the argument for adopting ESG to turnaround human rights issues in the Brazilian wine sector

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Integrating Gender When Developing Large Infrastructure Projects. Gender issues have recently become central to the expectations of financial institutions and development agencies. In the wake of reflections on human rights, analysing development projects around gender issues makes it possible to strengthen the consideration of women in the design and territorial insertion of a project assisting local development. Ksapa Advise Team Consultant Sona Kessaria provides a blueprint.

Integrating Gender When Developing Large Infrastructure Projects

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Ksapa’s Sona Kassaria explores the increasing interest in integrating gender into large infrastructure projects and empowering women.

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A Human Rights Framework for Business Education

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EFMD calls for a UN-based human rights framework to help shape tomorrow’s responsible leaders.

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