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AI and Human Rights in Financial Services

Financial institutions are increasingly using AI technologies, from reducing operational costs to delivering customer service. Yet this evolution may bring human rights risks—as well as opportunities—that companies can’t ignore.

This report identifies human rights issues associated with the growing importance of AI technology to financial services and provides recommendations to companies on addressing these impacts.

The Role of the Financial Services Industry in Strengthening the Remedy Ecosystem

Webinar / April 27, 2023 / 10:00 am-11:00 am EDT

BSR welcomes member companies in the financial services industry to a discussion on the role of the financial services industry in strengthening the remedy ecosystem.

Double Materiality for Financial Institutions

Survey Findings and Recommendations

Explore our survey on types of materiality approaches currently in use, periodicity and sources of assessments, and priority ESG issues now and in the future, based on responses from 13 key financial institutions.

How to Integrate a Human Rights Approach in the Financial Sector’s ESG Efforts in Latin America?

Webinar / November 21, 2022 / 10:00 am-11:00 am EST

BSR and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) are pleased to invite you to join an event on Monday, November 21st at 10:00 AM (EST) to discuss how financial actors based and/or operating in Latin America can integrate a human rights approach in their ESG efforts.

IFRS Sustainability Reporting Standards and ESRS Exposure Drafts: BSR’s Perspective and Implications

Webinar / July 20, 2022 / 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT

BSR will provide an overview of the IFRS Sustainability Reporting Standards drafts and ESRS, share BSR's point of view on the IFRS and ESRS exposure drafts, and invite member companies to speak to how they are preparing to implement the standards’ requirements.

Key Considerations in Managing ESG through a Merger

As business leaders across industries pursue M&A activity, there will be substantial ESG opportunities and risks for the companies involved: opportunities to create more ambitious and resilient sustainability strategies, accompanied by risks that ESG objectives will be sidelined by overwhelming pressures to create short-term value.

ESG in Private Equity: How To Write a Responsible Investment Policy

A guide for private equity firms on the adoption of more effective responsible investment approaches and ESG management practices at firms and their portfolio companies.

Over the past 10 years, the private equity sector has seen responsible investment approaches move from exception to expectation. Formalized integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations is becoming the norm. For all firms, a meaningful policy is fundamental to responsible investment and ESG integration.

Win-Win-Win: The Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity

This report seeks to demystify the US$6 billion revenue opportunity for financial service providers to integrate sustainability considerations into supply chain finance, allowing buyers, suppliers, and financial service providers to create mechanisms that reward and incentivize sustainable behavior in supply chains.

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Financial Sector

A primer on the most relevant, urgent, and probable human rights impacts for the financial sector and opportunities for positive impact