The 2021 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26) focused global attention on the growing urgency of the climate crisis. But huge gaps still remain in commitment and action needed to confront the threat of global warming, and to do so in ways that are consistent with international human rights standards.
Looking ahead to 2022 and beyond, it is imperative that environmental and human rights agendas become holistically integrated. That includes making business and human rights standards and approaches more relevant to ongoing climate action at every level. To aid in this critical integration of agendas, IHRB’s Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues for 2022examines the intersection of human rights and climate action, highlighting ten priority areas demanding attention by governments, business, and civil society.
We dedicate this year’s Top 10 to the memory of John Ruggie, architect of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and our former Chair and Patron. His tireless efforts to develop the UNGPs and work with the business and human rights community to advance their implementation across sectors and continents is an example to us all. There is perhaps no greater frontier than the net-zero future to which the world must now pivot. We must respond to the challenge in ways that build trust, solidarity, and shared responsibility for results.
Generating positive social outcomes while reducing the impact of materials and waste
JUST PUBLISHED
JUST TRANSACTIONS A White Paper on Just Transition in the Banking Sector
Clifford Chance, IHRB, and the CDC Group have launched a detailed new white paper addressing how banks can support the just transition through their climate-related financing activities.
Informed by consultations and interviews with representatives from 16 leading banks, the white paper explores the challenges and opportunities for incorporating just transition considerations into banks' strategies, governance, and operations given the range of stakeholders to consider and their competing interests.
You can also now watch yesterday's launch discussion of the "Just Transactions" white paper (registration required to access recording).
Featuring:
Welcoming remarks from: Jeroen Ouwehand, Senior Partner of Clifford Chance
Opening message from: Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders and IHRB Patron
A fireside chat on the human rights outcomes from COP26 between: John Morrison (CEO, IHRB) and Nick Robins (Professor in Practice – Sustainable Finance of the Grantham Research Institute, LSE)
A panel discussion with: Simon Connell (Standard Chartered Bank); Prerna Wadiker (CDC Group); Margaret Wachenfeld (IHRB); Clare Burgess (Clifford Chance); Janet Whittaker (Clifford Chance).
IHRB is developing a toolkit for governments and companies on Smart Cities, Business, and Human Rights, with a focus on Asia-Pacific. IHRB is seeking a consultant to:
conduct research
develop a draft of the toolkit
assist in planning and participate in three regional workshops
work with the IHRB team to finalise the toolkit based on stakeholder feedback
The consultancy will be for 40-50 days’ work, undertaken between January – 15 June 2022. This project is within the wider context of IHRB’s global thematic programmes on the built environment, technology, and non-discrimination.
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