Panel Livestream

Measuring Human Rights for Investors

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 From 14:00 to 15:30 (CET) Centre International des Conférences Genève - Room D

Accountability Social

The ‘S’ in ESG covers many aspects, including human rights. It faces greater measurement challenges than the ‘E’ in ESG. Data on companies’ social performance is typically in short supply and not very robust. In this panel, we will discuss how banks currently address these challenges to advance Human Rights.

Speakers:

Christian Leitz

Head Corporate Responsibility, UBS

Christian Leitz is Head Corporate Responsibility (CR) at UBS. CR coordinates the bank’s sustainability reporting and manages the relations with certain stakeholder groups. Christian co-chairs the Thun Group of Banks.

Raul Manjarin

Head of Sustainability Risk Wealth Management, Credit Suisse

Raul Manjarin is Head of Sustainability Risk Wealth Management at Credit Suisse. He was previously Business Development Manager at RepRisk AG, and Managing Partner at ECOFACT AG.

Suzanne Spears

Founding Partner, Paxus LLP

Suzanne Spears is the founding partner of Paxus LLP, a law and strategy firm specialising in business and human rights. She was previously a partner at Allen & Overy LLP.

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly

Director, Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly is Professor at Geneva University's School of Economics and Management. She directs the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights.