A growing chorus of voices--consumers, employees, and investors alike--have decried systemic racism, police violence, extreme sentencing and mass incarceration as grave human rights concerns. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the ESG risks associated with structural inequalities that are driven by unequal justice systems. But despite countless corporate statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the practical steps investors can take to support the creation of fairer and more equal justice systems remain unclear. What tools are available to them?

In this fireside moderated by Beata Dunn (Partner, Area Grace Law), we will hear from Celia Ouellette, CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice who will discuss how financial stakeholders can scrutinize their portfolios with regard to the prison-industrial complex, divest from the institutions that drive mass incarceration, and reinvest in the communities who have suffered the most harm.