Senior Program Manager Casey O’Connor-Willis explains in this article the importance and complications of social audits in the apparel industry.
The Difficulty of Measuring a Company’s Social Impact
The Character of the Corporation: To Figure Out the "S" in ESG, Look Within
A New Approach to Evaluating Company Social Performance
Ethical Investment is Booming. But What Is It?
Global Companies Get Too Much Credit for Their Transparency
Putting the 'S' in ESG: Measuring Human Rights Performance for Investors
In March 2017, the Center published Putting the 'S' in ESG: Measuring Human Rights Performance for Investors, an in-depth study of 12 leading frameworks for assessing companies’ social practices and impacts. It found that current measurement focuses on what is most convenient rather than most meaningful. Ninety-two percent of measures looked at company governance structures without any attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of those structures.
Investors Need Better Ways to Find Companies Making a Difference
Report Reveals Gaps in Social Performance Metrics Needed By Investors to Identify Leading Companies
Measuring Human Rights Performance
As companies work to meet their responsibility to respect human rights, metrics that help internal and external stakeholders understand the social impacts of their operations are urgently needed. While numerous measurement efforts have emerged in recent years, none has yet advanced a concise set of user-friendly, industry-specific indicators of strong performance.
Creating Industry-Specific Standards to Operationalize the “Responsibility to Respect”
Any measurement of progress requires a baseline – determining whether the dial has moved can only be assessed if we know where it was before. Companies in the same industry face similar human rights challenges. They should therefore define the same priorities as they address human rights challenges.
“One Eye Open and One Eye Closed” – Visibility vs. Responsibility in the Supply Chain
Can Rankings and Benchmarks Provide Real Human Rights Accountability for Corporations?
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights responds to the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Draft List of Indicators
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Comments to the International Bar Association (IBA)’s Working Draft, “Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations"
Sarah Labowitz and Michael Posner offer their comments to the International Bar Association's in regards to their working draft, “Business and Human Rights Guidance for Bar Associations.”