The Modern Corporation Project

We just published our SI "The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization" bit.ly/3AiHF86. Congrats to all authors! #corporategovernance #ESG #stakeholders @Frank_Bold @MichaelLouns86

#CorporateGovernance and #Ethics: What’s next? Our Virtual Special Issue at @JBusinessEthics envisions this future with a collection of articles that can help pave future scholarship. link.springer.com/collections/gf… #CorpGov #businessethics

Corporate #Governance and #Ethics: What’s Next? In this virtual special issue, Jeroen Veldman, @TanusreeJain & Christian Hauser have collected #JBE research that explores the linkages between CG & ethical societal challenges. Read more about: (1/2) link.springer.com/collections/gf…

Investors managing a combined $33 trillion have developed what they hope will become the global standard for #netzero investing. With an increase in pledges this year - this cannot come at a more crucial time. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"The ESG ‘alphabet soup’ sheds a few letters." Thank you to Design Portfolio @WeAre_DP for your support on our proposed merger with @SASB! bit.ly/3ak8AFP

Notable that one of the strongest arguments against #greenwash at today’s @princesa4s #A4S2020 Summit was made by @IOSCOPress Chair Ashley Alder. It shows credible and reliable #sustainability reporting is wanted by investors as much as NGOs and other stakeholders. #F4TF #A4S20

Principles-based #ESG disclosure rules to apply in 2021, European Commission confirms to regulators @RI_News_Alert responsible-investor.com/articles/princ…

@KTrebeck @WEAll_Alliance @peteholbrook @KateRaworth @AndrewWinston @hlovins @ottoscharmer1 @beyond_ideology @JKSteinberger @jasonhickel @ProfTimJackson @MiriamBrett Slightly higher res version of framework here. Thx Katherine!

New data shows some, yet insufficient progress in companies’ #climate and environmental disclosures at a turning point for #sustainability reporting in Europe. Check the results of our latest research ➡️ bit.ly/3pd9AQW

European Parliament Legal affairs committee calls for the adoption of European standards on non-financial #reporting and considers sustainable #corpgov key to meet 2050 #climateneutrality goal: bit.ly/EP-Comm-statem… #Legislation #ClimateChange

We are live tonight with Professor Paul Collier and @ProfjohnKay as they discuss their new book, Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism. @CamCavendish also is speaking tonight. #LSEPolitics

In 1970, Milton Friedman set capitalism to maximize profit. In 2020, #letsreset to maximize shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. More about #Imperative21 here: imperative21.co twitter.com/Nasdaq/status/…

the best argument against Friedman and shareholder value as the only goal of the firm is @ProfJohnKay 's obliquity argument : firms who focus on shareholder value perform less well than firms with a more diverse variety of goals. johnkay.com/2004/01/17/obl…

📢 We, civil society, call on all 🇪🇺 ministers @EUCouncil & @EU_Growth @EU_ENV @EU_Justice to forge ahead with an EU action plan on Business & Human Rights, which must include EU #DueDiligence laws! Our vision for the new legislation & its key elements 👇 corporatejustice.org/principal-elem…

What's good for planet can also maximise livelihood impact! Most products of Fair Trade Enterprises are hand-made, meaning zero or low carbon. They use indigenous techniques & natural fibres. Hand-made, artisinal, eco-friendly go hand-in-hand #PlanetFairTrade #FairTradeSolidarity

We have partnered with the other major framework and standard setting organizations to outline a shared vision of a comprehensive reporting system - and to commit to working together to achieve it. Read the paper: bit.ly/2RioK7D

Global challenges require global action! Really excited to finally be able to announce this today. Now working with @CDP @SASB @GRI_Secretariat and @theiirc on a comprehensive corporate reporting system. See our latest press release at: ow.ly/31hV50BnSFF

Another interesting article on the continued shift towards enlightened shareholder value from @ConversationUK #ESG theconversation.com/its-a-myth-tha…

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We’ve published an important update on our name change. The consultation process will start in September. Until this process is complete, we'll refer to ourselves as the Business School (formerly Cass). Find out more: bit.ly/2Qbgztq