The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Fri, 08 May 2026 11:32:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Human Rights: Disclosures, Practices & Insights – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Human Rights: Disclosures, Practices & Insights https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/02/17/human-rights-disclosures-practices-insights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-rights-disclosures-practices-insights https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/02/17/human-rights-disclosures-practices-insights/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:03:27 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=143012?d=20220217100440EST Posted by Benjamin Colton, Holly Fetter, and Vidhyaa K, State Street Global Advisors, on Thursday, February 17, 2022
Editor's Note:

Benjamin Colton is Global Head of Asset Stewardship, Holly Fetter is Assistant Vice President of Asset Stewardship, and Vidhyaa K is a Senior Associate in Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors. This post is based on their SSgA memorandum.

Guidance on Human Rights Disclosures & Practices

As signatories to the UN Global Compact, State Street is committed to upholding human rights, and we expect our investee companies to as well given the reputational, regulatory, legal, and operational risks that human rights violations can pose to a company. We expect all investee companies to regularly identify whether there are risks related to human rights [1] in their operations and manage any risks that emerge, providing relevant disclosures to investors and other stakeholders in alignment with international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Our Expectations For Human Rights Disclosures

We expect all companies to disclose:

  1. What processes exist for identifying whether risks related to human rights are material to the company’s operations and supply chain.

If risks related to human rights are material to the company, we expect further disclosures on

  1. How the board oversees risks related to human rights;
  2. Which human rights-related risks the company considers most material;
  3. How the company manages and mitigates those risks; and
  4. How the company assesses the effectiveness of its human rights risk management program

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