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Category Archives: Public Policy
Getting Off the Couch
The TakeAway: Last year we became conscious of the breakdown in public trust and its civic moral and economic consequences—and what average people can do to make a difference. This year more of us will get off the couch and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Public Policy
Tagged Allen White, Brookings Institution, cap and trade, climate change, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation 20/20, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Greenpeace, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Lisa Woll, Norman Lear, Occupy Wall Street, Pew Research Center, Richard Cordray, Simon Zadek, Tellus Institute, U.S. Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, water risk
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Song of Sorrow or Call to Arms? Four Stratagems to Improve Our Politics
The TakeAway: While extremist politics dominate Washington, financial markets continue to seize, and US credit-worthiness takes a beating, advocates of sustainability and good governance need to stop moping and get off the bench. Here are four stratagems to reverse the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged "Super Congress", 501(c)(3) status, Bill Baue, Bob Massie, Ceres, Charles M. Taylor, Deborah Leipziger, debt ceiling, double-dip recession, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), income inequality, International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Joan Bavaria, Joshua Gay, politics, Tea Party, wealth inequality
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Human Rights: A Moral and Material Business Concern
The TakeAway: Several sustainability milestones were reached in June, but the greatest of these was the UN Human Rights Council endorsement of the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, which established human rights as both a moral and material … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Allen White, BASESwiki, Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRCC), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Carbones del CerrejĂłn, Caroline Rees, Center for Transnational Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, due diligence, Elizabeth Umlas, Esquel Garments Group, Faris Natour, Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Harvard Kennedy School, human rights, Jean Rogers, John Ruggie, MacBride Principles, Northern Ireland, Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation, Sarah Altschuller, South Africa, Steve Lydenberg, Sullivan Principles, Tellus Institute, Tesco, UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
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Smart Power, Adaptive Leadership, and Human Rights
Part One of Two The TakeAway: Advocates for corporate responsibility need to address the wider context of global politics and power, particularly within conflict zones where human rights abuses are most pronounced. So we got Osama bin Laden. Now what? … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Public Policy
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Dumb Math and Regulatory Wipeout
The TakeAway: House Republicans efforts to reduce the deficit will gut regulation of financial markets and put the nation at risk, so it’s time for investors and the public to fight back. You’d think that by now, as we try … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Politics, Public Policy
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Corporate Oligarchs, Politics, and the Common Good
The TakeAway: Among other events, this week’s anniversaries of JFK’s inaugural speech and Citizens United call us to fight to elevate conscience over politics and capitalism. This week juxtaposed statesman service and corporate dominion at a time when oligarchs increasingly … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy
Tagged Center for Responsive Politics, child obesity, children of light, Citizens United, clean tech, Comcast, Eric Schmidt, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ford Foundation, Google, Grey Areas Project, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Larry Page, Let's Move!, Marsha Blackburn, Martin Luther King, Michael J. Copps, Michelle Obama, NBC, net neutrality, oligarchs, Paul Ylvisaker, Peace Corps, Reinhold Niebuhr, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Sargent Shriver, Super PACs, Verizon, Walmart, War on Poverty
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Bob Massie for U.S. Senate
The TakeAway: Our friend and colleague Bob Massie announced his candidacy today to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate—an extension of his lifetime commitment to service. Bob Massie, co-founder of The Murninghan Post and publisher emeritus, today announced his candidacy … Continue reading
Posted in Notable People, Politics, Public Policy
Tagged Bob Massie, Ceres, Edward M. Kennedy, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Harvard Business School, hemophilia, hepatitis C, HIV-AIDS, Investor Network for Climate Risk (INCR), liver transplant, Massachusetts, Renée Loth, Scott Brown, Somerville, U.S. Senate, Vicki Kennedy
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