by The Shareholder Commons | Aug 14, 2019 | Category1
WHERE ARE THE REGULATORS? In an economy based on competition, we simply cannot rely on individual businesses to self-impose sustainability rules that take priority over profit. Sustainability boundaries must be implemented collectively in order to be effective. While... 
by The Shareholder Commons | Mar 25, 2019 | Category1
Computers are not the only type of machine that presents this problem. Organizations, including corporations, are also data-processing machines. Data comes in — the availability and price of supply, customer demand, rules, economic outlook — and the company uses the... 
by The Shareholder Commons | Mar 7, 2018 | Category1
5 Investment Principles to Measure and Manage Systemic Impact Worldwide equity markets are valued at $70 trillion, and venture capital and other private equity at $10 trillion. The owners of these securities control the private economy, which allocates most of our... 
by The Shareholder Commons | Feb 27, 2018 | Category1
Benefit Corporation Model Focuses on More Than Finances If investors want to save our threatened environmental, social and economic systems, they must think and act systemically. This call to action goes beyond the type of sustainability envisioned in BlackRock’s... 
by The Shareholder Commons | Feb 8, 2018 | Category1
Benefit Corporations Take Capital Campaigns to New Levels—and New Goals for Social Good Ripple Foods, a dairy-free manufacturer start-up founded by Neil Renninger and Adam Lowry, recently completed a Series C funding round. This puts the company in the ranks of other... 