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The Power of Two, Plus You! OpenLetter2013
The Takeaway: Two friends from Boston, increasingly alarmed by the dearth of meaningful action on climate change, decided to take matters into their own hands. The pair are crowdfunding a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal calling out the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Fiduciary, Media & Entertainment, Notable People, Politics, Public Policy, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Civil Rights Act of 1964, climate change, Deb Nicholson, indiegogo, Jordyn Bonds, Joshua Gay, Mike Gintz, moral outrage, OpenLetter2013, Wall Street Journal, Willy Loman
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Fighting the Fury Once Again: 14 Actions We Can Take
The TakeAway: Yet another deadly tornado has ripped through Oklahoma, killing at least 24, including 9 elementary school children. It came on the heels of severe weather yesterday, which generated at least two dozen tornadoes across Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Natural Disasters
Tagged .350.org, Bill McKibben, Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants, Carbon Tracker Initiative, Cary Krosinsky, Charles David Keeling, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Institute for Global Leadership (IGL), Marathon bombing, Mark Campanale, Mauna Loa, Moore, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, Oklahoma, Pieter P. Tans, Plaza Towers Elementary School, Ralph Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Sherman Teichman, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Trucost, Tufts University, UC San Diego, wind shear
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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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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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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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Climate Skeptics’ Arguments Crushed By Global Bank
The TakeAway: Deutsche Bank powerfully rebuts arguments used by climate deniers, and snubs US for lagging on climate policy and clean energy investments. Climate deniers faced another massive debunking of their flimsy claims in last Tuesday’s release of a white … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Investing
Tagged climate change, sustainability
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Fighting the Fury: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and the Business Response
The TakeAway: Companies and investors need to deal with natural disaster mitigation, resilience, and rebuilding efforts. Five years ago this Sunday, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, where the wounds remain raw. Two years ago, Cyclone Nargis in Burma … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Natural Disasters, Public Policy
Tagged Ceres, China, climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Fritz Institute, Global Reporting Initiative, Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, Isaiah Funds, Munich Re, natural disasters, Pakistan, ProVention, Russia, Swiss Re, UN, Web 2.0
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Make Money by … Saving the World: The Biosphere Economy
The TakeAway: We can flip the equation of economic growth through environmental damage, to global prosperity through ecological healing. Evidence of human assault on our fragile biosphere abounds this year: Pakistani floods and Russian drought and wildfire (all related to … Continue reading
Posted in Biosphere Economy, Climate Change, Corporate Sustainability, Natural Disasters, Sustainable Investing
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, ecosystems, F&C Asset Management, International Year of Biodiversity, John Elkington, McKinsey, natural disasters, Pavan Sukhdev, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), Trucost, UNEP Finance Initiative, UNEP Green Economy Initiative, Volans
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The Go-Getter Approach to Climate Change
The TakeAway: With extreme weather mounting and Congress dithering, WRI report outlines what we can do now to reduce GHGs. In the world of climate change, the gap between scientific consensus and political resolve is widening – but luckily, this … 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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U.S. Boards Lag on Sustainability
The TakeAway: Conference Board Study Says Most US Boards Still Pursuing Random Approach to Sustainability With rapidly changing financial regulations, the emergence of coherent global standards for disclosure, and a record breaking year of sustainability shareholder resolutions, you’d think that corporate … Continue reading
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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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 →