For New Narratives, Human Rights Needs New Forms of Economic Power
If compelling human rights narratives are not grounded in sustainable, replicable and scalable projects, it will be hard to outweigh…
2020 Civic Space Trends in West Africa
The global trend of deteriorating civic space is especially visible in West Africa, where more than eighty-eight percent of the…
Going Beyond Western Models of Value to Shift the Power
In the development sector, the power scale is tipped in favor of organizations that have the right connections with aid…
Civil Society Innovation and Financial Sustainability in Asia-Pacific
I recently joined Rights CoLab as a Contributor to collaborate with like-minded people committed to advancing civil society sustainability by…
Mapping Civil Society Innovation to Advance Human Rights
Welcome to our collaborative space! More and more groups are exploring opportunities to organize and resource human rights activities in…
The Business Case for Civil Society
Now more than ever, businesses have strong incentives to take seriously their responsibility to respect human rights. Human rights…
Holding Big Tech to Account
I recently met up with an old friend and colleague who now works in AI. He casually said to me,…
Let’s Avoid an Artificial Intelligentsia
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in commercial, government, and corporate systems that provide services…
The Future of Human Rights Technology
Technology has been extraordinarily effective in reducing distances between people and places, but it has created an increasing distance…
It’s Time to Defend Against the Corporate Attack on Socially Conscious Shareholders
In the United States over the last few years, shareholder resolutions that call for better corporate disclosure and other measures…
Corporate Structure and Human Rights – a report from the Croatan Forum
“Why should the citizens of this world keep companies around whose sole purpose is the enrichment of a…
Has Their Time Come? A Tale of Two Corporate Responsibility Movements
Amid the many calls for corporations to become socially responsible, two 21st-century movements stand out as being particularly serious about…
BlackRock and the Curious Case of the Poultry Farmer
On 13 February 2020, in the little town of Laurel, Mississippi, poultry processing company Sanderson Farms held its annual general…
Is BlackRock’s New Messaging on Climate Change a Big Deal? Yes.
Every January, the business press eagerly awaits BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual missive to clients. And each year, pundit interpretations…
In America’s Boardrooms, the Shareholder Morphs from Protector to Threat
In August 2019, the Business Roundtable – one of the most important business lobbies in the United States – issued…
CSO-Investor Dialogue Table
Investors and civil society professionals need to talk. Investors have become better attuned to the risks of human rights harms…
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