Side Session on Putting Children into Investment Decisions and Corporate Action at UNFBHR in Geneva | Nov 23

How can investors and companies turn children’s rights commitments into meaningful action? This question will be explored at a hybrid side event of the 15th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights on November 23, co-organised by UNICEF, the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative (UN SSE), Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) and The Centre for Child Rights and Business.

As HRDD becomes increasingly embedded in regulation and investor expectations, companies face growing pressure to demonstrate how they identify and address human rights risks. Yet children’s rights remain underrepresented in corporate reporting and investment decisions.

This session will bring together investors, companies, stock exchanges and child rights experts to explore how a child-lens can help bridge the gap between disclosure and meaningful action.

New guidance and evidence

The event will showcase new resources to help investors and companies integrate children’s rights into their decisions and business practices:

• UN SSE Model Guidance for Child-Lens: Guidance to help stock exchanges and market participants integrate children’s rights into business practices and investment decisions.

• Making Children Count: UNICEF and The Centre’s research on how listed companies across Asia and the Pacific report on children’s rights.

• Market Monitor on ESG and children’s rights: A UNICEF and UN SSE mapping of regulatory and disclosure requirements across markets.

• Public Equity Investor Primer for Child Online Protection: A practical guide to help investors assess disclosure and materiality relating to child online protection.

From reporting to action

Two panel discussions will explore how stock exchanges and investors can make children’s rights more visible in capital markets, and what companies need to do to strengthen their due diligence and reporting.

Speakers will include Mark Robertson of The Centre for Child Rights and Business, Pichamon Yeophantong of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, Sine Schei of NBIM, Anthony Miller of UN SSE, Francisco Biber of UNICEF Innovative Finance and Romain Sibille of UNICEF Asia-Pacific, alongside other contributors.

The discussion will consider how investor expectations, practical guidance and corporate reporting can support stronger accountability and more effective action on children’s rights.

Join us online

Date: Monday, November 23, 2026
Time: 09:30–11:15 CET
Format: Online via Microsoft Teams, with limited in-person places available at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Registration

• Online or in person: Register here

• Register here for the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (required for in-person attendance)

In-person places are limited and subject to availability. Anyone attending in person must register for both the Forum and this session to access the Palais des Nations. Online participants will receive the webinar link ahead of the event.