News Roundup - SEC Proposes ESG Rules for Funds, New Standards Institute Launched by HRCI

Here’s a roundup of news and viewpoints about Stakeholder Capitalism, Human Capital Management, and Enterprise Engagement.

 

ESM periodically compiles news and commentary posted on the LinkedIn page of its founder Bruce Bolger, publisher of ESM. 

• Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes Name Rule Update That Would Require ESG Funds to Define Criteria for Evaluating Companies
• Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) Creates Center for ISO Certifications

 

The rules would "enhance transparency around how a fund’s investment methods match its name. Specifically, it would require a fund to disclose how it defines the terms in its name and selects investments in line with its name," writes Gensler in announcing the rule.

 

ISO 30414 Human Capital standards provide an excellent means of evaluating an organization's human capital practices in a more standardized, comparable format than is currently available.

 

Gensler writes, "The expanded requirement would apply to funds whose names suggest that they invest in issuers or investments with particular characteristics. This would include, for example, Environmental, Social, and Governance-related (ESG) fund names.”

 

Second, the proposal would require funds that 'drift' below the 80% requirement to come back into compliance in a timely manner — in most cases, within 30 days."

 

The rule will go through a 60-day commenting period.
 

One of the leading human resources credentialing and learning organizations has launched the Human Resource Standard Institute to provide organizational certifications built on International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for human resource management (HRM).

 

According to the announcement, “HRSI certifications enable business and HR leaders to ensure processes and practices support organizational goals and align with global standards. The first available

certification focuses on diversity and inclusion in line with ISO standard 30415.” 

 

HRCI CEO Dr. Amy Dufrane explains in a statement, “Through our work with HR professionals, HRCI

has been setting the industry standard for rigor, excellence, and expertise for more than

45 years. With HRSI, we’re extending that same attention to learning, development,

certification and continuous improvement to forward-thinking organizations.”

 

HRCI says the program recognizes that considering “an increased need to attract, engage and retain talent, HRSI organizational certifications work to align HR activities around business goals using consensus-based, international human resource standards to increase brand and market recognition. Through the association with ISO guidance, these organizational certifications also allow for comparisons of practices on objective bases with other organizations across national boundaries and industry sectors.” HRCI holds the Secretariat for the ISO 260 working group that creates and administers human capital standards.

 

It continues: “As job seekers, customers, investors, and governmental agencies increasingly demand

that business relationships are informed by DEI principles, HRSI sought to create a certification that ensures DEI processes and practices match the organization’s stated objectives. The resulting HRSI DEI Organizational Certification leverages ISO guidance on DEI for organizations, developed by global HR professionals and approved by 32 member countries responsible for the development of human resources management standards. Certified organizations receive the HRSI badge and seal of excellence for display.”

 

Dr. Denise Caleb, President of HRSI, comments, “In launching HRSI and giving organizations the opportunity to certify for the first time, DEI was our number one choice. Already a top priority for business leaders, securing the HRSI DEI organizational certification means affirming that your workplace culture is based on integrity, respect, inclusivity, valuing people, fairness, equity, and equality. There is simply no other certification like this one.”

 

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