Moving Ghana Beyond Aid: Don’t Forget Local Philanthropy
In 2018, the OECD published a report, their first ever, on the role of private philanthropy in development, which…
Using a Business Mindset to Fund NGOs in Kyrgyzstan
With a population too poor to donate, and little support from the government, in Kyrgyzstan international donors remain the major…
New Strategies Help Investors Hold Corporations Accountable on Human Rights
In the United States, 52% of the adult population has an ownership stake in companies through the stock market. Because…
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…
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…
Can Benefit Corporations Fix What’s Wrong with Business and Human Rights?
Despite all the progress made since the UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted the landmark UN Guiding…
Share-yngitis: Has Your Non-Profit Lost Its Shareholder Voice?
In late 2018, Chief Investment Officer Magazine announced the winners of their 2018 Industry Innovation Awards. The award…
Rise of the Shadow ESG Regulators
Rissman and Kearney’s post, and the law review article it summarizes, makes the case that the participation of the world’s…
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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