Investors are concerned about the software Thomson Reuters provides to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track people for detention and deportation. Photo by shutterstock
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As Canada’s homegrown multimedia and data giant continues to grow its business with immigration enforcement agencies, investor concern over human rights risk is growing. A shareholder resolution at this week’s annual meeting could push the company to finally take action on human rights risks and send an important signal to its global peers.
One of Canada’s most well-known companies, multimedia giant Thomson Reuters, is once again facing investor scrutiny for its work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to enable the tracking and deportation of migrants and asylum seekers.