Industry News: ESG

Investors Unite Against Modern Slavery

Written by ESG | 4-Nov-2019 3:07:58 PM

2019-10-31

Top 1000 Funds: In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals with underlying targets to be met by 2030. Target 8.7 commits governments to taking immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking and prohibit and eliminate all forms of child labour. I was in New York for the most recent United Nations General Assembly and it was clear that accelerated action is urgently needed to meet our shared commitments.

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