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…
Q&A on New Business Models for Human Rights
New Business Models for Human Rights: Post-Webinar Responses to Participant Questions. This webinar took place with Almut Rochowanski…
Sustaining and Scaling Social Impact in Africa
In Africa, civil society has emerged as a key stakeholder in the development process and a vital force in strengthening…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rights CoLab and Partners Join Forces to Map Civil Society Innovation to Advance Human Rights …
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…
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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