Advancing People-Centered Climate Action in Private Capital Markets

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  Paloma Muñoz Quick

  Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR

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  Paloma Muñoz Quick

  Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR

  

  Copenhagen

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  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.

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  Bridgett Fisher

  Manager, Financial Services, BSR

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  Bridgett Fisher

  Manager, Financial Services, BSR

  

  San Francisco

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  Bridgett supports BSR’s Financial Services team on sustainable finance and impact investing, and she works at the intersection of finance and human rights.

  Prior to joining BSR, Bridgett worked for over a decade as a securities regulatory attorney at the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. She handled a variety of compliance cases involving investment advisers, broker-dealers, and securities offerings. Bridgett is the Chair of the Washington State Bar Association, World Peace Through Law section.

  Bridgett holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington, a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, and an LL.M. in Sustainable International Development from the University of Washington School of Law.

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Achieving global climate goals will require an estimated US$7.4 trillion in annual investment through 2030, underscoring the vital role of private capital in addressing the climate crisis. The transition across nearly every sector of the economy presents significant opportunities for value creation, but if done poorly, climate strategies can also generate significant risks for people, such as workforce displacement, land grabbing, and reduced affordability of essential services, and in turn generate material risks for investors.

To respond to this challenge, BSR is launching People-Centered Climate Action in Private Markets (PCAP), a global initiative aiming to accelerate alignment between climate strategies and human rights to advance a just transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Grounded in international standards for responsible business conduct, PCAP brings together general partners (GPs), limited partners (LPs), civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to develop insights and resources, facilitate shared learning, and enable multi-stakeholder engagement.

Visit the PCAP website to explore practical tools and insights, including:

• People-Centered Climate Action: Guidance for Private Capital Investors: Guidance for private capital investors looking to adopt a people-centered approach to their climate investment strategies, with practical tools, case studies, and due diligence questions for general partners and limited partners.
• People-Centered Climate Action in Food Systems: Investor Guidance: Food systems sit at the heart of climate, nature, and human well-being, and transitioning to low-carbon, climate-resilient, and nature-positive food systems is essential. This report outlines how food system companies can apply human rights and environmental due diligence to identify, address, and account for climate-related human rights impacts and opportunities for stakeholder inclusion.
• Portfolio-Level Just Transition Tool: This tool applies a business model lens to assess how features of current or prospective investees interact with the climate transition, physical climate impacts, and human rights. It also includes example country risk indicators that reflect conditions that influence the likelihood that companies may undermine—or support—a just transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.

To learn more about and receive updates on PCAP, please reach out to our team.