Despite the politicization of ESG as Woke Capitalism over the past two years, shareholder advocates filed over 500 resolutions, a 5% increase from 2023.
Read MoreLast week, our team had the pleasure of gathering with twenty corporate partners, industry leaders, and expert speakers for a Corporate Working Group in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics ranged as broad as nature-related disclosures and Corporate Political Responsibility, but the consistent factor was the robust discussion shared by participants and advocates working to understand at-times thorny issues and identify ways for their companies to effectively engage.
Read MoreAt Future 500, our team envisions a world where we are no longer needed. We are depolarizers, building bridges between business and civil society to work as partners and responsible stewards of a clean, just, and prosperous world. We initiate and nurture strategic connections between corporate and civil society change agents so they learn to develop and maintain enduring trust-based relationships.
Read MoreOur team hosted Nils Gilman, the COO and Sr. VP of the Berggruen Institute, in a virtual discussion with our Corporate Affinity Network. The Berggruen Institute is a leading think tank focusing on complex societal ideas that touch everything from governance and democracy to the planet.
Read MoreOur team had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Stephanie Bertels, Founder of the Embedding Project, in conversation with our Corporate Affinity Network members. Read our three key insights from our group discussion with her.
Read MoreIn Part 3 of our look at Environmental Justice (EJ), we conclude our series by defining what an effective corporate EJ position looks like based on insightful stakeholder interviews conducted by our team.
Read MoreWhy should companies operationalize environmental justice (EJ)? We address this in part 1 of this series. Now we move from the “why” to the “how”. How do you operationalize EJ? What is the guidebook?
Read MoreOur Corporate Affinity Network and invited guests had a blast discussing carbon capture and sequestration with Ashleigh Ross, VP of Strategic Engagements & Policy, Carbon America, who “started working on carbon capture before Google became a verb”. Ashleigh voiced insights from over 20 years working in the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) space — read more to discover what she had to share with us…
Read MoreDue to decades of effort from grassroots to investors, Environmental Justice is here to stay, and forward-thinking companies are integrating it now.
Read MoreWith the INC-2 (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee) Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Paris having concluded, the complex network of thousands of government representatives, NGO advocates and activists, corporations, and investors may be home, but their work toward advancing a globally binding treaty is far from over.
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