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What's Good for Business is Bad for Corruption: The Importance of Transparent Ownership
By Joanna Rees, Contributor
Joanna Rees
GOOD NEWS
An impossible Triad Made Possible
By SAS , Contributor
Leader in business analytics software and services, and the la...
I come from a family of slightly above average military participation. Both of my grandfathers (and other members of my extended family) served during World War II. Military service has always been in my blood.
IMPACT
Making Purpose Personal
By David Crane, Contributor
Former president and CEO, NRG Energy
BUSINESS
Blaze of Sunshine on Secretive Offshore Businesses -- Time for Beneficial Ownership Transparency
By May Miller Dawkins, Contributor
Senior Advisor, Governance & Transparency, The B Team
This Panama Papers leak has revealed a massive web of illicit and unethical behavior by some of the world's richest and most powerful people. The importance of corporate transparency has never been clearer. We believe that making company ownership transparent is critical to tackling corruption, and that there is a strong business case for doing so.
IMPACT
Delivering on the SDGs Will Require a System Reboot
By Jules Peck, Contributor
Founder of the Real Economy Lab, Trustee New Economics Foundat...
The year of 2015 has been heralded as setting out a new roadmap for 'sustainable development' with both the SDGs and COP21 having delivered more clarity than we have had for a long time on the biggest challenges of our times.
IMPACT
To Reduce Inequality We Need to Fundamentally Change How We Account for Value
By Jeremy Nicholls, Contributor
CEO of Social Value International
There must be a call to action for public policy makers. It is public policy that requires companies to produce annual accounts, and public policy that dictates that the content of these accounts is what is relevant to investors.
BUSINESS
The World Post COP -- System Reboot Not Plug-and-play -part one
By Jules Peck, Contributor
Founder of the Real Economy Lab, Trustee New Economics Foundat...
The Divestment movement has been emboldened to go further and become more radical post Paris. And, as can be seen from the Too weak, too late opinion compendium, the failures of COP to include justice issues has strengthened the resolve of the climate justice movement.
BUSINESS
The World Post-COP -- System Reboot, Not Plug-and-play -- Part Two
By Jules Peck, Contributor
Founder of the Real Economy Lab, Trustee New Economics Foundat...
Very different actors inhabit the worlds of the current policy landscape and this emerging vision of a new system. Some bridge both worlds -- but too few.
IMPACT
Companies Need to Know Who They Are Doing Business With: Why Beneficial Ownership Transparency Matters
By Lida Preyma, Contributor
Director of Capital Markets Research, Global Finance, in the G...
Currently, opaque and poorly regulated beneficial ownership entities are used to launder money, finance terrorism, evade taxes and corrupt governments. In order for legitimate businesses to avoid involvement in these elements, the rules governing beneficial ownership need to be in place globally.
IMPACT
There Are No Inevitable Victims of Climate Change: Uphold the Dignity of Men and Women on the Front Lines
By Mary Robinson, Contributor
Former President of Ireland, President of the Mary Robinson Fo...
We now need to use the benefits of hindsight to design a new climate regime that is grounded in human rights and informed by science so that it stands the test of time. We must uphold the dignity of the men and women on the front lines of climate change by insisting there are no inevitable victims.
GREEN
Why an Advocate for Girls and Women Cares About a Climate Change Conference
By Kathy Calvin, Contributor
President and CEO, the United Nations Foundation
Solar lamps provide light so girls can study at night and walk to latrines in the dark. Solar technologies allow midwives and doctors to deliver babies safely in the night, helping to stem the tide of maternal deaths in low-income countries. And sustainable farming practices enable women to more securely feed their families.
IMPACT
Paris Has to End with a Firm Decision
By Muhammad Yunus, Contributor
Nobel Peace Prize winner; founder, Grameen Bank; Chairman, Yun...
We cannot ignore the ethical implications of what we are doing to current and future generations, whose opportunities in life will be diminished by the harm we are doing to our planet's natural systems.
GREEN
A Successful Transition to a Zero Carbon Future Must be a Just Transition
By Sharan Burrow, Contributor
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
Two and half million people have been displaced from their homes, and many workers are on the frontlines of the frontlines of the industrial transformation that is a necessity for a zero carbon future.
IMPACT
To Global Heads of State: 'We Are at a Critical Juncture For People and Our Planet'
By Richard Branson and Jochen Zeitz, Contributors
This commitment will require shifting the global energy system to clean energy and innovation across all sectors of the economy. It will unleash new technological solutions, mobilise large-scale investment, and shape consumer behavior, all of which will create new jobs and unprecedented economic opportunities.
IMPACT
How to Bring A Net Zero Emissions Economy Into Reality
By Jochen Zeitz, Contributor
Director of the board's sustainable development committee, Ker...
Although many companies have implemented concrete sustainability actions in the last decade there is still a lot of work to be done -- not just in tackling climate change -- but in addressing the systemic linkages between climate change and other social and environmental injustice.
BUSINESS
The Biggest Economic and Social Opportunity of All Time
By Richard Branson, Contributor
Founder, Virgin Group
COP21 represents one of those rare opportunities to change the course of human history. I believe that a net-zero target is achievable by 2050. It shouldn't worry us. To be honest, I couldn't think of a more exciting opportunity. .
BUSINESS
How Can Business Make a Difference In Paris?
By Paul Polman, Contributor
CEO, Unilever
The reality is that for the summit to succeed, business leaders must and will stand shoulder to shoulder with world leaders and play a critical supporting role in empowering national governments to agree a path to prosperity for us all.
WOMEN
It's Time For Business to Speak Up to Eliminate Violence Against Women
By Richard Branson and François-Henri Pinault, Contributors
Like all rights abuses, acts of violence against women anywhere compromise the dignity of people everywhere. No country, culture, race or socio-economic class is immune. It's time to break our silence, to take action and renounce all forms of violence and discrimination.
WORLDPOST
Moving From Words to Deeds to End Anonymous Companies
By Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Contributor
Founder of Celtel, B Leader
In 2016 we hope to see significant action on beneficial ownership transparency in G20 countries, helping to build up a global norm and standard that other countries can easily adopt.
BUSINESS
Purpose -- Not Profit -- Driven Companies Will Take Over the Economy
By Dan Price, Contributor
Founder, Gravity Payments
We're all looking to be part of something bigger than ourselves. Purpose is something that rallies people in a way that profit never will. So how do you step up as a leader and power your business with purpose?
IMPACT
Lessons for the Next Global Development Agenda
By Kathy Calvin, Contributor
President and CEO, the United Nations Foundation
Transforming how three billion people cook so cooking no longer kills is no simple task: clean cooking is an energy issue, a health issue, an environmental issue, a women's empowerment issue, and in many countries, it is also a social and cultural issue.
IMPACT
What Is the New Climate Change Agreement For, If Not People's Rights?
By Mary Robinson, Contributor
Former President of Ireland, President of the Mary Robinson Fo...
Linking climate change and human rights in the new climate agreement is not about adding new obligations to governments already struggling to deal with the impacts of climate change or apportioning blame for the climate crisis.
IMPACT
Erase Extreme Poverty? We Need A Business Call
By Blake Mycoskie, Contributor
Founder of TOMS Shoes
The urgency is now, but we have reason to be optimistic. Communities and entrepreneurs have come up with simple solutions to many of the tough challenges that people face.
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BUSINESS
5 Questions For Business Leaders Who Believe In A Sustainable Revolution
By Jo Confino
"We have an obligation to make the world a better place for generations to come."
IMPACT
Unusual Partnership for Unusual Times
By Rajiv Joshi and Keith Tuffley, Contributors
It's considered unusual to find an activist and an investment banker working together. Normally you'd find the two of us on entirely different sides, but these are not normal times.
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