Welcome to the Conflict Risk Network

Conflict Risk Network is a network of institutional investors, financial service providers and related stakeholders calling on corporate actors to fulfill their responsibility to respect human rights and to take steps that support peace and stability in areas affected by genocide and mass atrocities. Our goal is to increase such behavior by corporate actors, and thereby reduce conflict risk.

We are a project of Genocide Intervention Network / Save Darfur Coalition (GI-NET/SDC) a non-profit organization that seeks to empower individuals, communities and other actors with the tools to prevent and stop genocide and mass atrocities. In support of GI-NET/SDC’s overall mission, CRN acts as an intermediary between the business and investment communities, engaging companies operating in areas affected by genocide or mass atrocities, including Sudan. By coordinating and conducting our engagement on behalf of a network of institutional investors, we harness the collective weight of over $3 trillion in assets when encouraging corporate behavior that reduces conflict risk.

What is Conflict Risk?

Areas affected by genocide and mass atrocities differ significantly from stable operating environments. They exhibit instability, unpredictable conditions, and contexts in which rights violations are ongoing, presenting companies with greater challenges in ensuring they do not infringe on human rights. Not only is it more difficult for companies to do no harm in such settings, but the failure to adhere to standard corporate responsibility practices carries the potential for heightened impacts on communities and on companies themselves. CRN uses “conflict risk” to summarize this increased difficulty in respecting human rights, and the amplified impacts faced by both communities and companies.