On June 17th , the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, and the Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights co-hosted a virtual launch of the Working Group’s report Taking stock of investor implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This note provides a summary of the discussions.

OBJECTIVE

The overall objective of the session was to launch and raise awareness of the investor stocktaking report findings among key investors, business and human rights experts, civil society, academia, and other UNGPs 10+ stakeholders. To achieve this goal, the following specific objectives were identified: • Provide a summary of key investor stocktaking report findings;

• Showcase examples of investor practice;

• Explore the role of the investor “ecosystem” actors in supporting investor human rights due diligence;

• Highlight key challenges and opportunities for scaling up investor action on human rights.

SPEAKERS

• Anita Ramasastry, Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

• Wilhelm Mohn, Co-Head of Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management

• Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, Investment Stewardship, BlackRock

• Danielle Essink, Senior Engagement Specialist, Robeco

• Anna Pot, Head of Responsible Investment Americas, APG

• Nikolaj Halkjaer Pedersen, Senior Lead, Human Rights, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

• Anthony Miller, Coordinator, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

• Camille Le Pors, Lead of Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, World Benchmarking Alliance

• Moderator: Paloma Muñoz Quick, Advisor to the UNGPs 10+ Project