Powering a Fast & Fair Transition to Renewable Energy

Co-organized by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), this event featured a panel discussion with civil society, company, investor, and government representatives on the opportunities and challenges for ensuring our future energy system is built on a foundation of trust, community empowerment, and respect for rights. The multi-stakeholder participation featured: government integration of the just transition into climate policies and NDCs and creating enabling conditions for the deployment of rights-respecting renewable energy projects; company human rights policies and practices; investor engagement to advance human rights in their investments and net zero strategies; and civil society and academic studies and resources to evaluate and support rights-respecting renewable energy.

Moderator: Hansika Agrawal, Legal Researcher, CCSI

Introduction by WBA & BHRRC

Panel discussion:

• Caroline Rees, President and Co-Founder, Shift
• Rachel McEwan, Chief Sustainability Officer, SSE
• Riona Bowhay, Senior Macro Stewardship Analyst, Aviva Investors
• Representatives from US & Colombian Govt
• Additional speakers to be announced