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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Say Hello to AfricaSIF!
The TakeAway: The Africa Sustainable Investment Forum adds a new chapter to the history of using finance for social progress that started in South Africa. Most people think the US-based divestment movement toppled apartheid in South Africa. The reality is … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Investing
Tagged AfricaSIF, apartheid, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Development Bank of South Africa, economic sanctions, FIFA World Cup 2010, Ford Foundation, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Graham Sinclair, integrated reporting, Jay Naidoo, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Padraig O'Malley, Responsible Investor, SinCo, South Africa, sustainability, XBRL
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The Greening of Hollywood
The TakeAway: The new Green Production Guide and longstanding Environmental Media Association help Hollywood pursue sustainability. At last night’s Emmys, George Clooney received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for charitable work on behalf of disaster and terrorist victims—including those affected … Continue reading
Fighting the Fury: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and the Business Response
The TakeAway: Companies and investors need to deal with natural disaster mitigation, resilience, and rebuilding efforts. Five years ago this Sunday, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, where the wounds remain raw. Two years ago, Cyclone Nargis in Burma … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Natural Disasters, Public Policy
Tagged Ceres, China, climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Fritz Institute, Global Reporting Initiative, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Isaiah Funds, Munich Re, natural disasters, Pakistan, ProVention, Russia, Swiss Re, UN, Web 2.0
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Proxy Access & Shareholder Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion
The TakeAway: New SEC rule allows shareholders to nominate board candidates, a major victory for corporate democracy. Yesterday was historic: the SEC granted shareholders the power to nominate candidates for board director elections. The 3-2 vote along party lines ended … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged Business Roundtable, Council of Institutional Investors, Dodd-Frank, Harvard Law School Forum, James McRitchie, Les Greenberg, Lucian Bebchuk, Mary Schapiro, proxy access, Robert A.G. Monks, Rule 14a-11, Scott Hirst, SEC, Social Investment Forum, US Chamber of Commerce
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Make Money by … Saving the World: The Biosphere Economy
The TakeAway: We can flip the equation of economic growth through environmental damage, to global prosperity through ecological healing. Evidence of human assault on our fragile biosphere abounds this year: Pakistani floods and Russian drought and wildfire (all related to … Continue reading
Posted in Biosphere Economy, Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Natural Disasters, Sustainable Investing
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, ecosystems, F&C Asset Management, International Year of Biodiversity, John Elkington, McKinsey, natural disasters, Pavan Sukhdev, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), Trucost, UNEP Finance Initiative, UNEP Green Economy Initiative, Volans
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Fiduciary Failure: Closing the ESG Disclosure Gap
The TakeAway: Flex your muscles, report tells investors, to get better environmental, social, and governance reporting (and practice) from companies. What’s the secret to good corporate governance? Good investor governance. That’s why we were delighted by a recent report from … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Investor Governance
Tagged Alan Willis, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), Canadian Securities Administrators, endowments, ESG, fiduciary, institutional investors, integrated reporting, investor governance, Julie Desjardins, key performance indicators, proxy access, SEC, stock exchanges, UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
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“We the People”, Not “We the Moguls”
The TakeAway: Controversial corporate political spending spurs shareholder activism aimed at aligning company values with American values. With election season around the corner, today we question if our democracy, founded on the ideal of representing “We the People”, has been … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Proxy Voting, Public Policy
Tagged Best Buy, Bruce Freed, Calvert Investment, Center for Political Accountability, citizen activism, Citizens United, George Packer, LGBT rights, News Corp, proxy access, self-governance, shareholder activism, Shelley Alpern, Target, Trilium Asset Management, Walden Asset Management
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Apple Opens the Way to X-Filing
The TakeAway: New iPhone XBRL application opens new windows into financial reporting; next up: sustainability reporting. Apple’s iTunes Store has joined the digital revolution in financial reporting. Yesterday, it rolled out a new offering – it wasn’t a song, movie, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Interactive Technology, Public Policy, Web 2.0
Tagged Apple, Brix Project, Charlie Hoffman, crowd-sourcing, GRI, integrated reporting, iPhone, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Liv Watson, SEC, Semantic Web, smartphone, taxonomy, X-filing, X-tagging, XBRL, XBRL International, XBRL US Labs
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The Four E’s of Social Media & Sustainability
The TakeAway: Sustainability Leaders Need to Use Social Media to Exchange, Educate, Engage, and Enhance. Social media has exploded within the past few years to become a fixture in our culture. For example, Facebook’s network has mushroomed to 500 million … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Proxy Voting
Tagged 2degrees, Creative Commons, Facebook, Harvard's CSR Initiative, McDonald's, McKinsey, Nestlé Waters, SAP, Shareowners.org, social media, Timberland, Twitter, user-generated content, Voices of Challenge, wikis
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Deadline to Red-Line: GRI Invites Input on Gender, Community, and Human Rights
The TakeAway: We outline proposed changes to GRI’s Gender, Community, and Human Rights reporting guidelines to help you submit comments by 23 August. Consistent with its commitment to continual renewal through multi-stakeholder review, the Global Reporting Initiative is hosting a … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Bastian Buck, Carmen Niethammer, Community, CSR Asia, Elizabeth Umlas, G3 Guidelines, G3.1, gender, GRI, human rights, International Finance Corporation, John Ruggie, Katerine Miles, Mary Robinson, Realizing Rights, UN Global Compact, Universal Declaration on Human Rights, University of Hong Kong, WikiGender
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