Русский вариант

Responsible investors find that companies that combine competitive financial performance with high environmental, social, and governance standards are better positioned to generate long-term value for their shareholders. By contrast, ineffective management of environmental, social, and governance risks can lead to significant legal, reputational, and operational risks that bear potentially severe impacts on corporate operations and the investors’ portfolios. Furthermore, when investors have leverage over companies, the investors can catalyze company action to address human rights risks in their operations and supply chains, such as current or potential links to the forced labor systems of cotton production in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

We encourage investors to work with companies to implement due diligence to ensure that they are not supporting the cotton sectors in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan until the governments of each country ends its use of forced labor throughout its cotton sector.
- due diligence for companies operating in Uzbekistan
- due diligence for companies that use cotton