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Canadian
corporations are not leaders on the issue of human rights and
investment in China, according to a panel of experts appearing at
the Social Investment Organization Annual General Meeting November
16, 2005.
David
Simpson of Interpraxis Consulting, Bob Jeffcott, analyst with the
Maquila Solidarity Network, and Kevin Ranney, Managing Director of
Jantzi Research Inc. agreed that Canadian companies are not leading
industry leaders in the area promoting human rights in China.
The
three were speaking in an open forum on the topic of Investment in
China: the human and environmental factors. With recent
commitments by the Canadian and Chinese governments to increase
trade and investment between the two countries, the SIO held the
forum as a way to encourage the SRI community to start thinking
about ways to address what will become an increasingly difficult
issue for socially responsible investors.
"It's
fair to say that Canadian companies a a whole are not leaders in
addressing the issues that they face in China, " said Kevin
Ranney of Jantzi Research Inc. "The list of companies
that are involved there and that appear to have no policies
or management systems or programs to address human and labour rights
issues is disappointingly long."
Speakers
notes are available on this event:
Kevin
Ranney
David
Simpson (Forthcoming)
Copies
of the Executive Director’s Report and the SIO’s 2005 Annual
Report are also available on-line at
http://www.socialinvestment.ca/AboutSIO.htm.
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