Shift is the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

New York City
Joined January 2009
🔔 NEWS Shift is hiring a Senior Advisor for Standards, to play a key role in our small, dynamic and mission-driven team to help influence business respect for human rights at scale. Learn more and apply: 👉shiftproject.bamboohr.com/ca…
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Read our final Guideline of Strengthening the S in ESG for key recommendations on using and improving indicators and metrics to gain reliable insight into companies’ progress towards positive outcomes for people, and business. 👉 shiftproject.org/wp-content/…
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This week, we’re looking at the indicators that could strengthen the S in ESG by offering investors insight into whether a company's is anticipating and addressing the most significant risks to people particular to its business 👉 shiftproject.org/wp-content/…
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What sorts of indicators could give investors and standard setters a clear picture of a company’s decision-making and behavior when it comes to stakeholder engagement? Read this week’s guideline in our series Strengthening the S in ESG to learn more: shiftproject.org/wp-content/…
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In part 3 of our new series, Strengthening the S in ESG, we look at how to steer clear of indicators that offer insight into a company’s intentions, but no insight into whether these are followed through in practice. 👉shiftproject.org/resource/st…
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In part 2 of our new series, Strengthening the S in ESG, we’re looking at how to avoid indicators that encourage users to reach unjustified conclusions: shiftproject.org/resource/st…
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In breaking news, the Council of the European Union has just approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, meaning it will now become EU law. Because the #CSDDD is anchored in international standards, companies can get started today 👉shiftproject.org/resource/cs…
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Read part 1 of our new series, Strengthening the S in #ESG, to learn more about how to design better metrics to measure company performance on social issues. This week we’re looking at how to avoid indicators that create perverse behavioral consequences 👉shiftproject.org/resource/st…
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Now that the #CS3D has been approved in parliament, many companies are trying to understand what it means for their responsibility to respect human rights. Read Rachel Davis & Ruben Zandvliet’s answers to commonly asked questions about the #CSDDD here 👉shiftproject.org/resource/cs…
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Tune in now (15:00 CET) to hear Shift co-founder Rachel Davis and other experts at A new era for Responsible Business Conduct: Towards the implementation of the #CSDDD👉bit.ly/3xHpTyc
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