Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility News from 3BL Media- Personal Passions Drive Corporate Volunteerism 17 May 2012
- United Way "Fun with Food" Food Drive 17 May 2012
- CVS Caremark All Kids Can and Cedars-Sinai Partner to Bring COACH for Kids and their Families® Mobile Medical Clinic to Four Additional Los Angeles Schools 17 May 2012
- GameDesk: Where Technology, Fun and Academic Success Converge 17 May 2012
- GM Donates Chevrolet Volt to Colorado Conservation Trust 17 May 2012
Category Archives: Public Policy
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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Who’s Friending Whom?
The TakeAway: News of Goldman Sachs’ $50 billion valuation and private offering of Facebook underscores the need to rally social media to promote corporate sustainability and accountability. The biggest business story of the New Year broke in the wee hours of … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy
Tagged Andrew Ross Sorkin, Digital Sky Technologies, Doug Y. Park, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, initial public offering (IPO), John Cassidy, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, SEC, SecondMarket, shadow markets, SharesPost, social media, Twitter, Zynga
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Climate Change-Makers
The TakeAway: While Federal climate change policy action sputters, state and local initiatives continue to offer opportunities for progress and engagement. Climate change has triggered long-standing power struggles in the US between federal and state rights reminiscent of Civil Rights … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Public Policy
Tagged Andrew Cuomo, California, Cancún, cap and trade, China, Christiana Figueres, civil rights, clean energy, climate policy, Colorado, Defense Department, Deval Patrick, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, intergovernmental, Jerry Brown, John Hickenlooper, Massachusetts, New York, Peter Shumlin, Pew Center for Climate Change, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Texas, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Vermont
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Controversial Compromise on Net Neutrality
The TakeAway: The FCC’s decision on “net neutrality” creates a double set of rules applying to fixed broadband and mobile broadband—with the public interest standard in question. The near decade-long struggle over “net neutrality” revolves around money, power, and access … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Interactive Technology, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy
Tagged Apple, At&T, broadband, Comcast, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Free Press, Google, Gore Commission, Michael Connor, net neutrality, Open Internet Order, OpenMIC, public interest standard, Public Knowledge, Steve Wozniak, Telecommunications Act of 1996, Verizon, wireless
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Extractives: Dirty Industries, Clean Standards
The TakeAway: New SEC proposals require ethical health, safety, and human rights due diligence by companies engaged in the extractive industries. Extractive industries are by definition a dirty business, but recent legislation and regulatory moves aim to clean them up … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged As You Sow Foundation, Boston Common Asset Management, Conflict Minerals, Costco, Defend, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dodd-Frank, Domini Social Investments, due diligence, Extratives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), human rights, Institute for Human Rights in Business (IHRB), John Ruggie, Lowes, Massey Energy, mine safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OECD), Protect, Remedy, Respect, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Investment Forum, Target, Trillium Asset Management, Wal-Mart, XBRL
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Cancún Talks Bridge Trust Deficit
The TakeAway: COP16 climate talks accomplished more than expected, while restoring trust in the international process that can lead to stronger future measures. Despite media reports citing lowered expectations – and fear that Copenhagen’s dysfunctions would spill over to this … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Alden Meyer, Cancún, Cancún Accords, Christiana Figueres, Clean Development Mechanism, COP 16 Climate Summit, COP17, Copenhagen Accords, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Durban, Green Climate Fund, human rights, Kyoto Protocol, Patricia Espinosa, REDD+, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), South Africa, stakeholder engagement, sustainable development, sustainable forestry, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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