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Articles by Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar
Human rights in sovereign debt: the role of investors
Investors in sovereign debt have an important, but often overlooked, role to play in addressing human rights issues. A decade has passed since the adoption of the Ruggie Principles, the UN-sponsored effort to put human rights onto the boardroom agenda after decades of globalisation.
Sustainable finance policy reform: building momentum in 2022
As the world adapted to the continuing COVID crisis during 2021, policymakers’ focus on sustainable finance and business gained further momentum A shared awareness of the climate crisis, enduring and visible social risks, and increasingly prominent global governance issues such as tax evasion, maintained the spotlight on the role of finance in promoting sustainable economic development.
Seven major companies that committed to net-zero emissions in 2021
In 2019, we highlighted seven major companies that committed to net-zero emissions, asserting that such commitments were gaining momentum. In 2020, we profiled another seven, concluding that these commitments had gone mainstream. As we near the end of 2021, we’re confident to declare that net-zero by 2050 commitments (or sooner) have become the norm.
Legal Framework for Impact: embedding climate action in financial regulation
By Freya Bannochie, Policy Analyst, UK, PRI, and Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar, Project Specialist, UNEP FI The COP26 summit in Glasgow last month has brought the climate crisis sharply into focus. In order to deliver on the Paris Agreement, all factions of industry and society must work together to sufficiently limit global warming to 1.5°C. This year’s COP has seen a marked focus on the financial sector, with stakeholders from both- public and private realms of finance joining the discussion.
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