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  • 1 October 2020

    Spotlight on BlackRock: The Role of Fundamental Labour Rights in Investment Stewardship

    This report, part of the CWC Asset Manager Report Series, evaluates the strength of BlackRock’s stewardship framework, the impact of its stewardship practices on workers’ rights and its degree of alignment with the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and rights-based frameworks such as (...)

  • 7 July 2020

    Amazon In-Depth: Work, Rights and Risks at Amazon.com, Inc.

    Amid Amazon.com Inc.’s (“Amazon”) rapid growth, worrying patterns with respect to employee health and safety, infringement of international labour standards, and aversion to collective bargaining have emerged. This investor report provides an overview of Amazon and describes workforce risks in its (...)
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Documents

  • 12 July 2022

    CWC Baseline Expectations - Asset Manager Analysis

  • 12 July 2022

    Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights

    The Baseline Expectations for Asset Managers on Fundamental Labour Rights are geared at helping CWC network participants hold the asset managers they contract accountable on fundamental labour rights.
    The CWC Baseline Expectations are divided into four categories from which to assess an asset (...)

  • 27 September 2021

    Spotlight on UBS: Opportunities to Reinforce Fundamental Labour Rights in Investment Stewardship Practices

    UBS Asset Management (“UBS”) is the world’s 13th largest asset manager with USD 1.1 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Of this amount, institutional investors – including pension funds - account for 59% of their global client base.
    The CWC’s analysis finds that UBS’s stewardship framework (...)

  • 6 July 2021

    Spotlight on Macquarie: Opportunities to Embed Labour Rights in Investment Stewardship Practices

    With a USD 146 billion portfolio invested in infrastructure and real estate around the world, Macquarie is the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager. It has an employment footprint of more 130,000 across its portfolio.
    This report, which focuses on Macquarie’s real asset portfolio, (...)

  • 22 April 2021

    Spotlight on State Street Global Advisors: The Role of Fundamental Labour Rights in Investment Stewardship

    This report, part of the CWC Asset Manager Report Series, evaluates the strength of SSGAs stewardship framework, the impact of its stewardship practices on workers’ rights and its degree of alignment with the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and rights-based frameworks such as the (...)
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