Publications

Publications

Explore our publications here: reports, papers, commentary and more.

• Financial Times’ Caselet
  Posted in newspublication on 11 September 2023

  This Financial Times’ caselet authored by Michael Posner (NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights) and Dorothee Baumann-Pauly focuses on the human rights challenges in the cobalt supply chain.

• Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Addressing Root Causes of Human Rights Abuses
  Posted in publication on 8 February 2023

  As demand for cobalt used in electric vehicles and smart devices skyrockets, this new white paper by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly urges dramatic changes to mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Amplifying Misinformation - The Case of Sustainability Indices in Fashion
  Posted in publication on 18 January 2023

  This fourth report from Veronica Bates-Kassatly and Dorothée Baumann-Pauly examines what the fashion sector itself defines as sustainable, and how it measures this.

• Sustainable Finance and Human Rights: How are European financial institutions addressing human rights in their activities?
  Posted in publication on 5 October 2022

  This report, a follow on of a study of a 2020 study, documents how the European financial services industry factors human rights considerations into its operations, comparing it where possible to the status two years ago.

• Addressing Children’s Rights in Business: An Assessment from Switzerland and Liechtenstein
  Posted in publication on 31 August 2022

  This study assesses the role that children’s rights currently play for businesses in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It was conducted for UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and for the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland and Liechtenstein.