How businesses can collaboratively ‘walk the talk’ on social and economic challenges
A new approach to business regulation is needed to suit the current economic context and address pressing global issues. (Shutterstock) Businesses are facing increasing pressures to tackle social and environmental challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality. However, most businesses are fai
Why Patagonia’s purpose-driven business model is unlikely to spread
Patagonia has always sought to limit its environmental harm. Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his wife, Malinda, and their two adult children no longer own the outdoor gear and apparel company. But based on my experience as a former executive who is now a
Corporations want to profit from the world’s problems – here’s how they can solve them instead
Shutterstock/seisler There’s a good chance that you would like to see COVID disappear for good. And you may also wish for an end to the war in Ukraine – or any other war for that matter. But would you feel the same way if you were the head of a big pharmaceutical corporation which has […]
Businesses have the responsibility to invest in health and safety when governments fail to
With governments seemingly giving up their responsibility to keep people safe, it is time for businesses to take the lead on health and safety. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) With the lifting of public health measures all over North America and Europe, some governments seem to believe the pandemic is over. Restaurants a
SEC’s climate disclosure plan could be in trouble after a recent Supreme Court ruling, but a bigger question looms: Does disclosure work?
Factories can be large sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to disclose the climate-related risks they face. Republican state officials, embolde