Driven to the Edge: An investor briefing on freedom of association and collective bargaining at Tesla

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Tesla’s (TSLA) Annual General Meeting will take place on June 13th and investors are raising critical questions about the company’s track record of meeting internationally recognized labour rights standards. The company has been repeatedly accused of interfering with workers’ rights across its global operations which have exposed its shareholders to operational, legal, and reputational risks […]

Corporate Power and the Fight #ForDemocracy in Global Institutions

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Register Now This webinar will focus on corporate power's threat to democracy and how trade unions can shape international institutions to assert a workers' agenda to overcome corporate power. As part of this call, the ITUC will release its first-ever list of Corporate Underminers of Democracy, which you have been key to helping us identify. […]

CWC Conference 2024

Toronto, Canada | Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre 55 Gould Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Register Now On October 7th and 8th, the Global Unions’ Committee on Workers’ Capital will bring together over 100 trustees and trade unionists from over 10 countries and offer an unparalleled opportunity to learn from peers, experts and strategize about workers’ capital and investment stewardship priorities. This year’s CWC Conference keynote speaker is Professor John Coates, author […]

Closing the Gap: Building Union-Investor Dialogue to Inform Labour Rights Stewardship

Toronto, Canada | Toronto Metropolitan University Student Centre 55 Gould Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Register Now The growth of the ESG industry has generated an ecosystem of disclosure frameworks and a plethora of products that consolidate and disseminate ESG data. There are questions regarding the extent to which the proliferation of ESG data has equipped investors to identify and mitigate labour rights risks effectively. This session will explore the […]

The Labour Rights Investor Network (LRIN) Side Event at PRI: Supporting Investor Stewardship on Trade Union Rights

Room 711 - MTCC, South Building 222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Register Now The Labour Rights Investor Network (LRIN) side event at PRI: Supporting investor stewardship on trade union rights Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 | 8:00am - 9:30am EST Toronto, Canada Room 711, MTCC, South Building 222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3L9, Canada The Global Unions' Committee on Workers' Capital (CWC) invites PRI in Person […]

Investor Briefing: Binding Agreements in the Cambodian Garment and Textile Industry

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A promising trend in business and human rights has been the move away from voluntary toward binding initiatives, and from corporate self-regulation of global supply chains toward agreements that have the buy-in of both labor and multinational companies. One recent example is the individual agreements signed in Cambodia between garment and textile brands and retailers […]