Africa investor (Ai) today confirmed that Dr. Hubert Danso, its CEO and Chairman, and the Chairman of the African Union’s Continental Business Network (CBN) and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), has been appointed to the Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC) Investor Group on Just Transition in Clean Energy Supply Chains.
BHRRC is an international organisation dedicated to advancing human rights in business and eradicating abusive practices. BHRRC’s Transition Minerals Tracker documents the human rights implications of mining for key minerals for the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. It seeks to improve the human rights practices of 93 companies and their mining operations producing the minerals vital to the renewable energy and electric vehicle sectors by shedding light on the key human rights risks in the geographies in which they operate, and the human rights policies and practices of the most important companies in this sub-sector.
The BHRRC Investor Group on Just Transition in Clean Energy Supply Chains was established to assist in shaping Investor best practices, to Promote the use of best-practice human rights standards for the assessment of all transition minerals mining and renewable energy investments, and assist investors in developing robust engagement plans with investee companies that mine transition minerals and those that develop/operate renewable energy projects.
The BHRRC Investor Group on Just Transition in Clean Energy Supply Chains is Chaired by Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland.
Dr Danso as a member of the BHRRC Investor Group, will contribute his vast institutional investment experience and offer strategic guidance to assist BHRRC’s Investor best practice, leverage investors’ Paris-aligned fiduciary mandates, driving positive impact and change across emerging markets and developing countries, especially those on the African continent.
