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August 2022 Newsletter
August 22, 2022
August 2022 Newsletter
August 22, 2022
Our fourth newsletter features our new research report, “What is DEI? Market Signals of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” that analyzes the metrics used by 21 influential organizations to reveal both common core understandings of DEI and significant differences in how DEI is conceptualized, measured, and managed. You can also find announcements for the Expert Group for the SASB Standards project’s comments on the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) General Requirements Exposure Draft, US NAP Roundtable on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in August, and progress made by our data team.
Columbia University Data Science Institute Features Our Work
August 2, 2022
Columbia University Data Science Institute Features Our Work
August 2, 2022
In July our work with the Data for Good Scholars of Columbia University’s Data Science Institute was featured on the Institute’s site. Access the article here.
Our data science code and keyword dictionaries now publicly available
June 3, 2022
Our data science code and keyword dictionaries now publicly available
June 3, 2022
Our team’s data science code and keyword dictionaries are publicly available on Github and can be accessed at this link.
Rights CoLab at Truvalue Labs’ Academic Roundtable
April 5, 2022
Rights CoLab at Truvalue Labs’ Academic Roundtable
April 5, 2022
On April 5, Truvalue Labs hosted an Academic Roundtable featuring the latest research on ESG trends and events. Raiha Khan and Isha Shah of Rights CoLab’s data team were invited to deliver a presentation on “Using Data Science to Surface Evidence for Better Integrating Human Rights into SASB Human Capital Standards.”
Click here to access the slides and recording.
New Series: Meet the Data Science Team
January 25, 2022
New Series: Meet the Data Science Team
January 25, 2022
In this interview series, data science team members tell us about their experience working to automate research on the financial materiality of labor rights.
October 2021 Newsletter
October 4, 2021
October 2021 Newsletter
October 4, 2021
Our third newsletter features progress made by our data team in finding evidence to extend DEI metrics across a wider range of industries than the current SASB Standard. You can also find an interview with Joanne Bauer, Paul Rissman, and Tanika West, and ways to get involved.
Value Reporting Foundation Interviews Rights CoLab for “Today in Market Feedback” Series
September 30, 2021
Value Reporting Foundation Interviews Rights CoLab for “Today in Market Feedback” Series
September 30, 2021
As part of VRF’s “Today in Market Feedback” blog, Greg Waters, Associate Director, interviewed Rights CoLab’s Joanne Bauer, Paul Rissman, and Tanika West about our engagement with VRF and the relationship we have developed over the last two years.
Rights CoLab and Value Reporting Foundation Sign MOU
September 27, 2021
Rights CoLab and Value Reporting Foundation Sign MOU
September 27, 2021
Rights CoLab is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Value Reporting Foundation in August 2021, formalizing our partnership as a research collaboration.
Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking: The Podcast
July 2, 2021
Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking: The Podcast
July 2, 2021
Joanne Bauer features in episode 7 of the FAST Podcast, which focuses on the changing disclosure and due diligence landscape, the UK & Australian Modern Slavery Acts and possible impact of the proposed EU mandatory human rights due diligence framework, plus the development of new corporate benchmarks and standards on modern slavery and what they mean for financial sector actors.
June 2021 Newsletter
June 18, 2021
June 2021 Newsletter
June 18, 2021
In our second newsletter, we share latest updates from our work to strengthen SASB’s ESG standards, with global labor experts, and our data science team. Learn about the impact we’ve made so far – and ways to get involved.
Rights CoLab and Partners Call for Stronger Just Transition Indicator
March 11, 2021
Rights CoLab and Partners Call for Stronger Just Transition Indicator
March 11, 2021
Drawing on insights from the SASB Project, Rights CoLab, together with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and Sierra Club Foundation, make the case for improvements to strengthen the Climate Action 100+ draft Just Transition Indicator in a letter to the drafting committee.
Expert Group letter to SASB covered by Responsible Investor
February 17, 2021
Expert Group letter to SASB covered by Responsible Investor
February 17, 2021
Responsible Investor reports on the public letter to SASB, drafted and facilitated by Rights CoLab and signed by Expert Group members’ institutions, expressing support for the broadened conception of the workforce in SASB’s Preliminary Framework on Human Capital, and recommending four priority standard setting projects across the SASB standards.
January 2021 Newsletter
January 28, 2021
January 2021 Newsletter
January 28, 2021
In our first newsletter, we share project updates from the first-ever civil society collaboration with SASB. Learn about our efforts to improve investor-backed disclosure standards with respect to labor rights and ways to get involved.
Invitation for Labor Rights Experts to Participate in SASB’s Consultation
January 28, 2021
Invitation for Labor Rights Experts to Participate in SASB’s Consultation
January 28, 2021
SASB has opened a stakeholder consultation for the Human Capital Management Preliminary Framework. Companies, investors, and subject matter experts working to support stronger labor standards are encouraged to provide feedback through a survey.
SASB Issues Guidance on Preparing Human Capital Management Disclosures
December 8, 2020
SASB Issues Guidance on Preparing Human Capital Management Disclosures
December 8, 2020
SASB’s Human Capital Bulletin provides an overview of the human capital-related topics and metrics in SASB’s 77 industry-specific Standards to assist companies in preparing human capital-related disclosures as required by a recent amendment to Regulation S-K by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
“Modern Slavery: Investment Risks and Opportunities” Webinar
November 13, 2020
“Modern Slavery: Investment Risks and Opportunities” Webinar
November 13, 2020
Joanne Bauer discusses the research collaboration with SASB at the FAST Expert Investment Seminar, “Modern Slavery: Investment Risks and Opportunities.” Click to watch the full webinar recording.
Data Science Project to Expand Evidence on Labor-Related Human Rights Risks
October 1, 2020
Data Science Project to Expand Evidence on Labor-Related Human Rights Risks
October 1, 2020
In partnership with SASB, our data science project uses natural language processing, machine learning, and other data science techniques to identify new relationships between labor-related human rights risks and financial materiality.
New Report: Evidence of Corporate Risk of Harms to Workers in Their Value Chains
September 30, 2020
New Report: Evidence of Corporate Risk of Harms to Workers in Their Value Chains
September 30, 2020
Evidence from across a number of industries points to the negative impact labor abuses within a company’s supply chain can have on operations and profits. Alongside our data science project, Rights CoLab has been manually tracking this evidence across news sources, resulting in the compilation of this report.