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Tag Archives: Bob Massie
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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Gift Xchange: Giving, Investing, and Grantmaking for Good
Part One of Two The TakeAway: Charitable requests are a constant, but the end of the year brings a blizzard of appeals. In addition to our donor dollars, there’s a vast amount of untapped money power held by nonprofit institutions, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Human Rights, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing, Uncategorized
Tagged .350.org, Bill McKibben, Bob Massie, Center for Responsive Politics, Ceres, endowments, fiduciary, foundations, Free Software Foundation (FSF), Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), Joshua Gay, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), New Economics Institute, OpenSecrets.org, Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC), Rootstrikers, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
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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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Passing It On: Joan Bavaria’s Legacy
Over at Ceres, nominations are still open – through next Tuesday, March 8th – for the Joan Bavaria Awards, so it’s a good time to reflect on this extraordinary woman who gave so much to what is now a large … Continue reading
Posted in Notable People
Tagged 2011 Ceres Conference, Amy Domini, Bob Massie, Calvert Investments, Center for Political Accountability, Ceres, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Joan Bavaria, Joan Bavaria Awards, Peter Kinder, Social Investment Forum (SIF), Steve Lydenberg, Tim Smith
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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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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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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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Integrated Reporting: Off to A Strong Start
The TakeAway: International Integrated Reporting Committee Launches to Blend Financial Reporting with Sustainability Reporting Good news for proponents of sustainability reporting: On Tuesday, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Accounting for Sustainability project (A4S) sponsored by the Prince of Wales … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Public Policy
Tagged A4S, Allen White, Amy Domini, Bob Eccles, Bob Massie, Business for Social Responsibility, Ernst Ligteringen, Global Reporting Initiative, IIRC, integrated reporting, Joan Bavaria, Joan Shapiro, John Elkington, King Committee, Mervyn King, Michael Krzus, sustainability
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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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Environmental & Social Policy Resolutions Receive Record Levels of Support
Part Two of Three Parts For more than forty years, shareholder activists and large investors have expressed their concerns to corporate boards through the proxy resolution process. For them, this past season was the best ever. Proxy resolutions are proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting
Tagged Altria, Bob Massie, Calvert, Center for Political Accountability, Ceres, Citizens United, climate change, coal ash, diversity, Domini Social Investments, equal employment, ESG, Exco Resources, Gardner Denver, Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, Heidi Welsh, hydraulic fracturing, ICCR, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, KBR, Leggett and Platt, Lubber, Mercy Investment, Miami Firefighters, NYCERS, Pax World Funds, political activity, political spending, proxy resolution, reporting, Reynolds American, SEC, shareholders, Si2, sustainability, Sustainable Investments Institute, The Transition Group, Trillium Asset Management, Trinity Health
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Voting Matters: Record-Breaking Proxy Season
Part One of Three Parts It’s been a banner year for U.S. capital market reform: on Wednesday President Obama is expected to sign the Dodd-Frank Act, while the SEC is receiving comments on its Concept Release for improving the process … Continue reading
Posted in Proxy Voting
Tagged annual meetings, Bob Massie, Ceres, climate change, disclosure, Dodd-Frank, ESG, Heidi Welsh, Investor Advisory Committee, IRRC, Lane Christensen, mandatory reporting, Massey Energy, Peter DeSimone, proxy resolution, SEC, shareowners, Sustainable Investments Institute, XBRL
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Sustainability Disclosure and Sector Sensibility
Now that the experimental cap seems to be holding on BP’s blown-out well in the Gulf, it’s time to step back and take a wider view of the company and the industry it occupies. While we need to keep the focus … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting
Tagged Amsterdam Declaration, Arup, benchmark, Bob Massie, Domini Social Investments, ESG, G3, GRI, industry, Initiative for Responsible Investment, key performance indicators, KPI, Lydenberg, mandatory disclosure, materiality, National Annexes, One Report, Rogers, SEC, sector, shareholders, sustainability, The Transition Group, Wood
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The Future of Good Governance
July is the month to celebrate democracy’s journey—Independence Day in the US, Bastille Day in France ten days later. Too bad democracy’s core values aren’t enacted, even though they’re embedded in our corporate governance system of checks and balances. Fortunately … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anne Simpson, Bill Baue, Bob Massie, CalPERS, consumers, Council of Institutional Investors, Council of Institutional Investors, democracy, engagement, ESG, Funston and Wagner, Ira Millstein, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance, proxy access, shareowner, stakeholders, Stephen Davis, Yale, Yale Governance Forum
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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 →