Hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP in one of the Member Salons , European Parliament, Brussels
Human Rights Metrics: Reaching scale through the Sustainable Finance agenda
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The event will focus on key barriers and opportunities in the development of high-quality human rights metrics to guide responsible investment
Panel I: Key barriers to high-quality data
Panel II: Human Rights in the EU’s Taxonomy for Sustainable Investments
Exchange of views on: Measuring labour rights; NGO initiatives in measuring and reporting human rights performance
Speakers will include:
Catherine Howarth, CEO, ShareAction; Paul Tang, MEP, S&D Group; Robin Edme, Senior Policy Officer, Green and Sustainable; Finance, DG FISMA; Carel Cronenberg, Associate Director, MRV Manager, EBRD; Hubert de l’Hermite, Strategy and Innovation Director, Solvay; Leslie Swynghedauw, Senior Associate, ESG Research, MSCI; Mark Hodge, Senior Associate, Shift Project; Filip Gregor, Head of Responsible Companies, Frank Bold; Jimmy Greer, Head of Sustainability, ACCA; Arvid Ahrin, General Secretary, Nordic Financial Unions; Vincent Papa, Director for Financial Reporting Policy, EFRAG; Ben Vanpeperstraete, Lobby and Advocacy Director, Clean Clothes Campaign; Richard Karmel, business and human rights partner, Mazars, etc
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