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Category Archives: Stakeholder Engagement
Money Power in the Public Interest: From “Follow the Money” to “Leverage the Money”
The TakeAway: Amazon’s recent purchase of Whole Foods continues a pattern of disruption in both retail and the wider economy that’s unstoppable. It’s part of a massive shift in jobs and income, that exacerbates income and wealth inequality. Rather than … Continue reading
Posted in American public life, Automation, Civic engagement, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Inequality, Investor Governance, Politics, Proxy Voting, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing, Wage Gap
Tagged Amazon, Anne Case, automation, Brookings Institution, civic fiduciary, clean energy, Cornerstone Capital, deaths of despair, digital commerce, European Central Bank, housing, incarceration, income inequality, infrastructure, investor governance, Investor Research Responsibility Institute (IRRCi), jobs, Lawyers'Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, opioid addiction, peer-to-peer, Pew Research Center, Prison Policy Initiative, racism, retail, retail apocalypse, Robocalypse, Sir Angus Deaton, wealth inequality, Zevin Asset Management
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Fulfilling America’s Promise: Build Equity, Bridge the Gap
The TakeAway: As we celebrate Independence Day, it’s time to rededicate ourselves to those very ideals on which our nation was founded: liberty, opportunity, and justice for all. That means bridging the equity gap that undermines the American dream and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Investor Governance, Networked Citizenship, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing, Wage Gap
Tagged "America", 4th of July, American Dream, Charleston church massacre, equity gap, fiduciary, Frank Pasquale, Geoffrey Hodgson, Ground Truth Project, nuclear waste, opportunity gap, police killings, racism, Samuel Francis Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates, William Lloyd Garrison
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Mesh Networks, Leadership, and Democracy’s Promise
The TakeAway: This election season and Veterans Day provide a great time to reflect on the state of our democracy, which is ailing badly. It’s also time to think about ways of healing it, while achieving sustainable peace and … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Technology, Data Visualization, Ethics and Values, Interactive Technology, Net Neutrality, Networked Citizenship, Notable People, Open Government, Open Knowledge, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Peace and Prosperity, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
Tagged Baby Boomers, Bob Herbert, Civic Stewardship Brigade, civic technology, dark money, data visualization, data-smart governance, Donella (Dana) Meadows, Forum for Cities in Transition, Generation X, Generation Y, James Luther Adams, mesh networks, Michael Walzer, Millennials, Moakley Chair for Peace and Reconciliation, Open Government, open knowledge, Padraig O'Malley, predictive analytics, prophethood of all believers, Robert Bellah, Rockefeller Republicans, Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford, The Responsive City, Thomas M. Menino, urban mechanics, Veterans Day, William Bradford
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Civic Virtue as the Animating Ideal
Fourth in a Series: Time to Talk About the Public Interest The TakeAway: Despite the great strides made toward incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into economic decision making, these ideas are untethered from a moral paradigm or ethos … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics and Values, Human Rights, Investor Governance, Politics, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Agent Orange, anti-apartheid, Bob Massie, Campaign GM, civic virtue, common good, common goods, Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Episcopal Church, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), John Winthrop, Jr., Kodak-FIGHT Campaign, March on Washington, New York City Pension Funds, Project on Corporate Responsibility, public interest, religion and public life, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, Saul Alinsky, South Africa, TIAA-CREF
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Ready For Their Close-Up: Corporate Secretaries and “The Shape of Things to Come”
Part One of Three The TakeAway: The recent annual conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals focused on “The Shape of Things to Come”—that is, key issues and trends affecting corporate accountability and sustainable prosperity. In so … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Interactive Technology, Politics, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Anthony Horan, Corporate Board Member, Doug Chia, ESG, Fay Feeney, Governance Minutes, Jim Brashear, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, Ken Bertsch, materiality, Nasdaq, Sarah Teslik, Sarbane-Oxley, Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, T.K. Kerstetter, Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management, ZixCorp
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A Valentine’s Bouquet: Twelve for 2012
The TakeAway: The blooms of sustainable prosperity and justice are fed by at least twelve currents that will get stronger throughout 2012. They involve the maturation of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance; rethinking the meaning of “fiduciary”; balancing internationalism … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Natural Disasters, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Apple, B-Corporations, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), climate, conflict, Corporation 20/20, divided societies, ESG, fiduciary, G4, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), human rights, Middle East, MITSloan Management Review, Occupy Wall Street, post-conflict societies, social sustainability, stakeholder engagement, supply chains, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), U.N. International Year of Cooperatives, XBRL
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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 Cerrejón, 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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Proxy Resolutions, Shareholder Engagement, and Buggy Whips
Part Two of Two Parts The TakeAway: Shareholder engagement is on the rise, but can benefit from “transmedia mobilization”—that is, a greater understanding, adoption, and experimentation with a range of digital tools, including (but not restricted to) social media. As … Continue reading
Proxy Resolutions, Shareholder Engagement, and Buggy Whips
Part One of Two Parts The TakeAway: Proxy resolutions continue to influence corporate behavior on social policy and corporate governance, but proponents need to explore additional forms of engagement, including social media and other digital means. It’s the day after … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Politics, Proxy Voting, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged @CorporateSecret, animal welfare, As You Sow, board diversity, Calvert Investments, climate change, Facebook, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Heidi Welsh, hydraulic fracturing, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), IRRC Institute, Michael Passoff, Movie Mom, Nell Minow, political contributions, proxy access, Proxy Impact, proxy plumbing, proxy resolution, Rule 14a-8, Say-on-Pay, shareholder engagement, social media, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Stu Dalheim, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), Tripoli, Tunisia, Twitter, Women on Boards
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Scaling Pains at AccountAbility
The TakeAway: AccountAbility Standards Board resigns en masse, while the UK standard-setter for sustainability assurance and stakeholder engagement pledges to stay true to its mission. Last week, the voluntary Standards Board (SB) at AccountAbility resigned en masse in a letter … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged AA1000, accountability, Andrew Uptegrove, Bill Baue, ESG, Ethical Corporation, Ethical Performance, Fabian Pattberg, G20, integrated reporting, Kurt Ramin, Liv Watson, Mallen Baker, Maya Forstater, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Semantic Web, Simon Zadek, stakeholder engagement, Standards Board, Sunil Misser, sustainability assurance, Toby Webb, XBRL, XBRL Europe, XBRL International
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Radical Transparency: The Challenge to Sustainability and Democracy
The TakeAway: Reams of information released by WikiLeaks and the Federal Reserve challenge us to rethink our duties to promote sustainable accountability and representative democracy. Debates on the recent WikiLeaks / Federal Reserve data dumps concentrate on the supply side … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged cablegate, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), integrated reporting, Julian Assange, media, Nell Minow, proxy access, Senator Bernie Sanders, transparency, whistleblower, WikiLeaks
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Business and Human Rights: The UN’s Roadmap
The TakeAway: The United Nations’ Draft “Guiding Principles” for Business and Human Rights helps governments, business, and civil society put the “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework into practice. “There is no single silver bullet solution to the multi-faceted challenges of business … Continue reading
The Role of Technology and Engagement in Integrated Reporting
Part Two of Two The TakeAway: Integrated reporting relies on new tools of technology and engagement in blending financial and sustainability disclosure – and practice. Harvard Business School Professor Bob Eccles designed last month’s consultation on integrated reporting, which gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Stakeholder Engagement, Web 2.0
Tagged Bob Eccles, Brad Monterio, C.K. Prahalad, Chris Argyris, Denis Riney, Donald Schön, double loop learning, Global Reporting Initiative, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), IFRS Foundation, integrated reporting, Kate Parrot, Kathy Miller Perkins, Kyle Armbrester, Liv Watson, Maciej Piechocki, Olivier Servais, sensor technology, World Intellectual Capital Initiative (WICI), XBRL
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Integrated Reporting: The Future of Corporate Financial and Sustainability Disclosure
Part One of Two The TakeAway: New Harvard Business School eBook provides insights from first global conference on integrated reporting Last week, Harvard Business School published its first free eBook, featuring contributions by participants at the recent global consultation on … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, Web 2.0
Tagged Adam Kanzer, Allen White, Bob Eccles, Bob Massie, Domini Social Investments, Harvard Business School, ICCR, integrated reporting, International Integrated Reporting Committee, Laura Berry, Tellus Institute
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Burma’s History of Freeing “The Lady”
The TakeAway: The release of Aung San Suu Kyi caps a long process of advocacy including state and local sanctions, shareholder activism, and consumer boycott campaigns. Saturday’s release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (fondly called “The … Continue reading
The $3 Trillion Socially Responsible Investing Market
The TakeAway: Nearly one out of every eight dollars professionally managed in the US employs sustainability criteria, according to the Social Investment Forum SRI Trends Report. As the US economy slumped into the worst recession since the ‘30s over the … Continue reading
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
The Human Side of Sustainability
The TakeAway: Corporate sustainability thrives on authentic, ethical relationship management and communication skills, especially in digital environments. Progress happens when abstract sets of rules and laws meet real world human behavior. Yet all too often, the former gets all the … Continue reading
Say-on-Pay: A Bird’s Eye View
The TakeAway: New SEC rules on executive compensation advisory votes take steps toward broader board-shareholder engagement. On Monday afternoon, the SEC proposed rules for Say-on-Pay (shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation) and golden parachutes (big payouts to executives dismissed after … Continue reading
A New Actor Steps On To The Stage
By Bob Massie, Publisher, The Murninghan Post The TakeAway: A Brazilian Initiative – The Global Sustainability Forum – Signals New Leadership from an Emerging Power Last week in Rio de Janeiro, one of the leaders of international civil society, Oded … Continue reading
Welcome to the USA, GRI!
The TakeAway: The Global Reporting Initiative, with the support of the global Big Four audit firms, launches “Focal Point USA”. Good news for sustainability in the US! Today, the Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced that it’s opening an office … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Accounting for Sustainability (A4s), Allen White, Bob Massie, Ceres, Deloitte, Ernst & Young LLP, Ernst Ligteringen, Focal Point USA, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), integrated reporting, International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), KPMG, Mike Wallace, PwC US, Tellus Institute, The Conference Board, UN Environmental Programme (UNEP)
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The New Fiduciary: Stewardship and Sensibility
The TakeAway: Changes in financial regulations place new responsibilities on institutional investors, requiring new forms of engagement, education, and behavior. These days, financial and corporate governance reform advocates have concentrated a lot of attention on corporate boards, and for good … Continue reading
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 →