Board-level committees are proliferating...Now investors are pushing some boards to add...a human rights committee. Shareholders have targeted companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Apple, and Goldman Sachs, with resolutions that call for the creation of a board-level human rights committee. Board committees dedicated to human rights issues are rare but not unheard of. Banking giant HSBC's board, for example, has a dedicated committee on sustainability that also addresses human rights issues. UBS Investment Bank has a board committee dedicated to environmental and human rights issues.