Climate Investing Reimagined: A Human Rights Approach to Net Zero

Webinar

April 23, 2026

4 - 5 pm CEST

Registration

As climate change and geopolitical risks over fossil fuels accelerate, so do the transition and physical risks facing companies, portfolios, and financial markets. Yet climate action that overlooks social impacts, such as worker displacement, stranded communities, and loss of land or livelihoods, can generate material legal, financial, and reputational risks, including systemic risks affecting entire portfolios and markets.

Private capital investors have a unique and powerful role in shaping the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy—one that creates long-term value while leaving no one behind. From venture capital and private equity firms to asset owners—such as pension funds and corporate investors—private capital influences portfolio company strategy, governance, operations, and exit decisions in ways that can determine whether the just transition is inclusive and sustainable.

Join us for a candid, solutions-oriented conversation to advance a just transition with BSR's People-Centered Climate Action in Private Markets.

Objectives:

Hear how asset owners and venture capital funds are advancing a just transition within their climate transition plans and in their investment strategies, as we publish two new case studies.
Explore concrete examples of how decarbonization plans and just transition solutions can be designed to advance the rights of workers, communities, and consumers across global values chains.
Understand how a people-centered climate approach can help investors and portfolio companies navigate evolving expectations, manage systemic risks, and create value in the transition.

Please note: This event is designed for a multi-stakeholder audience, including financial institutions, business, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions. Capacity is limited and we cannot guarantee admittance.

Scheduled Speakers

Paloma Muñoz Quick, Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

Copenhagen

Paloma leads BSR’s work on Human Rights Standards, including standard-setting, knowledge management, and helping companies respond to emerging standards and regulation. She is also Senior Advisor to BSR’s Finance & Human Rights Practice.

Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she developed a vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and guidance on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched and led the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she developed thought leadership on the investor responsibility to respect human rights and supported stewardship engagements across industries. She also worked at the Danish Institute for Human Rights advising companies, governments, and civil society on business and human rights.

Paloma is a member of the US government’s Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct. She sits on the Editorial Board of Developments in the Field of the Business and Human Rights Journal of Cambridge University.

She holds a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science, also from Columbia University.

Paloma is Chilean-American and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.