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Category Archives: Commentary
Note to MurnPost Subscribers about “Environmentalism 2.0: Young People Lead the Way”
Note to MurnPost subscribers: Due to a technical problem, today’s Earth Day post by Tristanne Davis was published without subscriber notification. We’re sorry about that, but now have fixed it. Alas, we’re unable to resend the link without reposting it, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Commentary
Tagged climate change, Earth Day, Tristanne Davis, Voices of Young People
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Environmentalism 2.0: Young People Lead the Way
by Tristanne Davis, Occasional Contributor The Takeaway:Today is Earth Day, and the environmental movement needs young people more than ever. We can help reignite constructive activism by inspiring and engaging the public in bipartisan ways that promote sustainable development thinking and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Commentary
Tagged .350.org, Clean Air Act, climate change, Cuyahoga River, Earth Day, Energy Action Coalition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Forward on Climate, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), New Economics Institute, Power Shift, Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC), Richard Nixon, sustainable development, Tristanne Davis
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“Just Keep Your Knees Together” – Democracy’s Disconnect
Guest Commentary by Rosalie Hudnut Wright, Occasional Contributor, The Murninghan Post The Takeaway: To inaugurate MurnPost’s “Voices of Baby Boomers” section, Rosalie Hudnut Wright writes about the “disconnect” in our Presidential primary campaign between women’s well-being and social and economic sustainability. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Commentary, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy
Tagged Andrea Mitchell, aspirin, Charlie Rose, contraception, Eve Ensler, Foster Friess, Planned Parenthood, Power Center for the Performing Arts, Rick Santorum, Rosalie Hudnut Wright, The Vagina Monologue, Title X, University of Michigan, violence
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Campus Curricula and the Common Good: Filling the Gap
Guest Commentary by Joe McCarty, Occasional Contributor, The Murninghan Post The TakeAway: To inaugurate MurnPost’s “Voices of Young People” section, Joe McCarty writes about the failure of undergraduate business schools to equip students with the knowledge and competence necessary for building … Continue reading
Bank Foreclosures Draw Investor Ire
Guest Commentary by Ariane van Buren, Contributing Analyst, The Murninghan Post The TakeAway: Public pension fund investors turn up the heat on big banks as outrage over lending and mortgage practices mounts. With millions of families losing their homes – and fears … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Corporate Governance, Proxy Voting
Tagged Bank of America, Citigroup, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), foreclosures, Gretchen Morgenson, Heidi Welsh, JPMorgan Chase, mortgages, MoxyVote, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), Too Big to Fail, U.S. Trustee Program, Wells Fargo
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A Window on Corporate Anti-Sweatshop Efforts
Guest Commentary by Conrad MacKerron, Senior Program Director of As You Sow Foundation The TakeAway: Gap, Levi’s and Walmart top first-of-its-kind supply chain scorecard from As You Sow, while Abercrombie & Fitch, Saks, and Sears fail to provide info. Eight … Continue reading
Both/And: The Big Tent of Socially Responsible Investing
Commentary by Murninghan Post Editor Bill Baue The TakeAway: Seeming dichotomies thrive side-by-side as complementary strategies at the SRI in the Rockies Conference. Attire at the SRI in the Rockies Conference last week in San Antonio ranged from tie-dye to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Amy Domini, Bruce Kahn, Deutsche Bank, Domini Social Investments, ESG, Generation Investment Management, Goldman Sachs, Marc Fox, Mark Regier, Michael Jantzi, oil sands, Peter Knight, Petrobras, SRI, SRI in the Rockies, Suncor, Sustainalytics, Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management
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Symbiotic Dance: The Intimate Link Between Companies and Stakeholders
Commentary by Murninghan Post Editor Bill Baue The TakeAway: Last week’s Business for Social Responsibility Conference focused on corporate-stakeholder collaboration for sustainability solutions. I learned about the new Chevron “We Agree” campaign, an attempt to spit-clean the company’s image after … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Aron Cramer, Business for Social Responsibility, Chevron, Generation Investment Management, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Judith Rodin, Kenneth Mehlman, Monsanto, Peter Knight, Rainforest Action Network, Rockefeller Foundation, The Yes Men, Zach Karabell, Zainab Salbi
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Social Materiality: A New Lens for Sustainable Investing
Guest Commentary by Liz Umlas As the concept of ESG – addressing environmental, social, and governance factors in business and investment considerations – gains traction, the focus often seems more firmly on the first and last than on the middle … Continue reading
Cutting in Line: GRI and Integrated Reporting
Commentary by Bill Baue, Editor in Chief, Murninghan Post The TakeAway: GRI’s Embrace of Integrated Reporting May Distract from XBRL and Sustainability Context Last October at the Business for Social Responsibility Conference, Global Reporting Initiative CEO Ernst Ligteringen made an … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Web 2.0
Tagged Accounting for Sustainability (A4s), Aron Cramer, Business for Social Responsibility, Ernst Ligteringen, G20, GAAP, GRI, integrated reporting, International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), materiality, Prince of Wales, Sustainability Context, taxonomy, XBRL
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Multiple Networks Syndrome: Diminishing Sustainability Impact
Commentary by Bob Massie The Take-Away: Partitioning ESG Activism Undermines Sustainability As A Holistic Concept Many thanks to those who commented on my first post on “silo” thinking. Here are some additional thoughts on necessary improvements to sustainability activism. It … Continue reading
Sustainability: When Will the Exception Become the Rule?
Commentary by Bob Massie The TakeAway: Silo Thinking by Corporations, Activists, Investors, and Others Slows Progress of Sustainability Those who have been working to advance the concept and practice of sustainability in the United States over the last decade can … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Bob Massie, Ceres, climate change, ESG, Global Reporting Initiative, SEC, sustainability
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Walter White and LBJ: Personality Plus, To What End?
The TakeAway: Two drama, Breaking Bad and All the Way, provide insights into complex characters, and lessons for our times. Time collapsed earlier this week, as volcanoes from the past and present erupted and converged in a manner that only … Continue reading →