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#53 Robert McCorquodale: What Can ESG Investors Do to Respect Human Rights

#53 Robert McCorquodale: What Can ESG Investors Do to Respect Human Rights

Update: 2024-07-17
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This week, Richard Howitt welcomes Robert McCorquodale, professor of international law and human rights and current chair of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, to discuss their report presented last month to the 56th Human Rights Council on investor responsibility to respect human rights. You can read a summary of the report here.


In this episode, you’ll hear about: 



  • ESG is not the same as human rights: there must be a systematic integration or the consideration of human rights in relation to ESG

  • How investors should and can prevent 'rightswashing'

  • A call for the EU to look again in two years at including investment in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

  • While soft law holds significant importance, it is the amendment of hard law that ultimately brings about substantial and concrete change


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#53 Robert McCorquodale: What Can ESG Investors Do to Respect Human Rights

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