Scaling a Just Transition: The Role of Private Capital

London, UK

June 22, 2026

Join us during London Climate Action Week for an event co-hosted by BSR's People-Centered Climate Action in Private Markets (PCAP), Standard Life, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

As climate change accelerates and energy insecurity grows, the implications for economies, industries, and communities become increasingly profound. The transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is both an urgent necessity and a significant opportunity for value creation. However, if not managed carefully, this transition can introduce complex risks for people and nature across company value chains and investment portfolios.

Investors and companies are under rising pressure to ensure that climate action aligns with respect for human rights and environmental integrity. Private capital investors, in particular, play a critical role in scaling innovative business models that operate within planetary boundaries and deliver positive outcomes for people.

Objectives

Together, we’ll explore how an integrated and due diligence-based approach to a just transition provides a practical pathway to identify and address impacts on workers, communities, and consumers across private capital value chains—while unlocking more resilient and sustainable value. Participants will leave the session with:

An understanding of the implications of the climate transition for human rights across value chains and why an integrated and due diligence-based approach can support a just transition and create value
Clarity on the role of investors, particularly private capital, in shaping responsible business models and transition strategies to manage risks and create long-term value
Practical OECD just transition guidance and insights on this approach in private capital
Strengthened cross-sector dialogue to accelerate collaboration and action

Please note: This will be held in the afternoon on 22 June, 2026. Timing will be confirmed in the coming weeks. 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

Alison Berthet, Associate Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

Associate Director, Human Rights and Inclusive Business, BSR

Paris

Alison supports companies in embedding respect for human rights across their organizations and value chain. She brings a strong, collaborative spirit and expertise in developing and implementing strategies and governance, due diligence, and engagement mechanisms to effectively manage human rights risks.

Alison joined BSR from BT Group plc, a BSR member company, where she led the development of a new human rights strategy geared at ensuring a responsible approach to how the organization buys, sells, develops, and uses technology. Highlights included setting up a new steering group, engaging key internal stakeholders through innovative workshops, and integrating human rights risks in BT’s group risk management framework. Before that, Alison trained and practiced as a corporate lawyer at the global law firm Hogan Lovells, specializing in international arbitration and business and human rights disputes. Her experience included advising a European energy company and its executives against a potential criminal prosecution for complicit liability in war crimes committed by a state military.

Alison holds a LLM in Public International Law and a BSc in International Relations and History from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Alison is fluent in English and French.

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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.