Transparency and Accountability: Current Grantees

The rapid expansion in the reach and impact of commercial and financial actors over the last 35 years has not been matched by the development of an accountability framework able to manage or prevent harmful outcomes. According to Professor Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Business and Human Rights, these governance gaps have created a permissive environment in which human rights violations are perpetrated with impunity. We support organisations working to address environmental destruction and human rights violations perpetrated by corporations, and by international financial institutions in the pursuit of development. More specifically, we support efforts to develop and strengthen social and environmental standards, and legal strategies to hold corporations and financial institutions accountable to the communities in which they invest.