RIAA will be hosting a Member-only webinar series focused on First Nations peoples that will run in 2020 and beyond, led by RIAA’s member Human Rights Working Group. It seeks to open a long and necessary conversation between First Nations peoples, civil society and investors on First Nations people’s rights, empowerment, and leadership.Session 1 – 13 August 2020First Nations peoples, RI and sustainable financeAs investors, asset owners, and business leaders, how do we act for racial justice within our own organisations, as well as in our engagements with portfolio companies? What are the responsibilities of responsible investors and sustainable finance to support the economic equality of First Nations peoples in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and push back on racism, social exclusion, over-policing and disproportionate incarceration? What can we learn from how the responsible investing community in the US are seeking to combat structural racism through finance and how it is working with the #BlackLivesMatter movement? What are the legalities of the Rio Tinto Juukan Gorge Caves case and how are investors engaging with Rio Tinto?https://youtu.be/3p3UjSFlQQ4
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RIAA will be hosting a Member-only webinar series focused on First Nations peoples that will run in 2020 and beyond, led by RIAA’s member Human Rights Working Group. It seeks to open a long and necessary conversation between First Nations peoples, civil society and investors on First Nations people’s rights, empowerment, and leadership.Session 1 – 13 August 2020First Nations peoples, RI and sustainable financeAs investors, asset owners, and business leaders, how do we act for racial justice within our own organisations, as well as in our engagements with portfolio companies? What are the responsibilities of responsible investors and sustainable finance to support the economic equality of First Nations peoples in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and push back on racism, social exclusion, over-policing and disproportionate incarceration? What can we learn from how the responsible investing community in the US are seeking to combat structural racism through finance and how it is working with the #BlackLivesMatter movement? What are the legalities of the Rio Tinto Juukan Gorge Caves case and how are investors engaging with Rio Tinto?https://youtu.be/3p3UjSFlQQ4
