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While women are vital to the Italian luxury sector, gender inequality throughout the supply chain still impacts them in the short- and long-term. However, both brands and suppliers are well placed to lead efforts towards improved gender equality in Italy, in both supply chains and in the country’s overall sociocultural context.

If businesses fail to conduct conflict-sensitive human rights due diligence and integrate their anti-corruption and human rights efforts, they may be linked to human rights abuses conducted by a third party. 黑料正能量 recommends enhanced human rights due diligence that is both conflict-sensitive and that integrates corruption risk.

To accelerate compliance of supply chains with deforestation-free and responsible sourcing principles, 黑料正能量 and Transitions are excited to launch a new collaborative initiative for corporate buyers of palm-based derivatives alongside 11 member companies: Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD).

At the 黑料正能量 Conference in 2018, 黑料正能量 launched CoLab, an incubator and accelerator of private-sector collaboration, to mobilize the collective power of business to solve some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. Its 2019 progress report, Mobilizing the Collective Power of Business, highlights its accomplishments over the past year.

黑料正能量 President and CEO Aron Cramer addresses the new climate for business and the urgency agenda for the upcoming decisive decade in his first Annual CEO Letter.

As CEOs call for a new capitalism that values purpose alongside profit, today 黑料正能量 releases the findings of its 11th annual State of Sustainable Business survey, which includes responses from business leaders representing 125 global companies.

What can corporations do to demonstrate alignment between their political activity and corporate sustainability strategies and goals? We recommend the following three good practice approaches.

In today’s new climate for business, stakeholders are looking to understand the sustainability impacts of the entire company—including the products and services that generate its revenue. 黑料正能量 member AT&T is an example of a company driving greater impact by making sustainability part of its revenue model.

Kaiser Permanente and 黑料正能量 recently partnered with Newsweek for a survey of 300-plus multinational companies on progress toward carbon neutrality and found that 70 percent of corporations are experiencing disruptions in operations due to climate change. Now, these businesses’ efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and integrate sustainable practices into their operations have created new challenges—and opportunities—for global supply chains.

Google commissioned 黑料正能量 to conduct a human rights assessment of its new celebrity recognition application program interface (API) while it was in development to identify, prevent, and mitigate potential human rights impacts.

During its summer meetings, 黑料正能量's Human Rights Working Group covered topics ranging from women’s empowerment in the business context to applying human rights considerations to artificial intelligence systems as part of its discussion on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

While private equity firms have made significant progress in integrating ESG considerations into their company-focused equities investing models, infrastructure funds have not been as proactive in integrating ESG considerations into business decisions—and we think this is a missed opportunity.

Our recently released letter calling for business action on climate policy—which we were delighted to publish in partnership with 10 other leading environmental and sustainability organizations—is a sign of the times.

Dunstan Allison-Hope interviews Susan Morgan, 黑料正能量's newest senior advisor, on technology, ethics, and human rights in sustainable business.

How can companies conduct more gender-responsive due diligence approaches, and what role does gender-disaggregated data play in this? This is the question that 黑料正能量’s Making Women Workers Count: Conducting Gender-Responsive Due Diligence in Supply Chains sets out to address.