Board meeting agendas and the papers that directors receive relating to them can determine how effectively they discharge their legal and other duties and responsibilities and influence the areas which they may address and...
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This week, we launched The Lexicon of Change at The Nature of Cities Conference. The Lexicon introduces words, paradigms, and concepts for building regenerative, resilient, and sustainable systems. We are co-creating a dictionary...
Open Hiring can create social value as well as promote value for companies.
The negative impacts of human activities upon the environment and their social consequences have reached such levels that there is a scientific consensus that certain consequences need to be addressed by collective action at...
How can business promote the UN Global Goals, and thereby combat hunger while promoting equity, livable cities, and clean oceans? The Meaningful Business 100 offers us a wide range of practices that change lives, cities...
The world has lost a pioneer in human rights and business. John Ruggie was the driving force behind the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the architect of the UN Global Compact, which helped the United...
Boards should carry out formal and rigorous annual evaluations of their own performance and that of their committees and individual members. Such reviews are sometimes quickly undertaken to satisfy a governance requirement...
Human existence, welfare and social progress depend upon the Earth’s environment and our interaction with it. Yet corporate activities are polluting this environment, degrading bio-systems, reducing biodiversity...
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Independent Non-Executive Directors: Assessing Candidates and Opportunities
What should one consider when assessing candidates for a board appointment or when contemplating an initial or further directorship? What questions should nomination committees and potential appointees ask? What areas should they...
In the pandemic, we have learned the importance of community, both in person and virtual. We have learned the power of the collective to create change. Here are several leaders, some of whom are social entrepreneurs and...