Economic – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:09:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5 Your Shares Speak, Companies Listen /your-shares-speak-companies-listen/ /your-shares-speak-companies-listen/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:05:00 +0000 /?p=17961 U.S. investors have turned up the heat on companies with a record number of ESG shareholder resolutions this year and the COVID-19 pandemic may spur even more proposals next year. Sixteen investor petitions concerning ESG matters have gotten more than half of shareholder votes at various companies’ annual meetings in 2020, up from 14 last […]

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]]> /your-shares-speak-companies-listen/feed/ 0 Microfinance Institutions Could Help African Entrepreneurs Beat Back the Pandemic /microfinance-institutions-could-help-african-entrepreneurs-beat-back-the-pandemic/ /microfinance-institutions-could-help-african-entrepreneurs-beat-back-the-pandemic/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=17955 Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, a U.K.-based charitable organization, is asking the world to support African small and medium-sized businesses that have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. GSG says SMEs provide a large portion of the jobs in Africa which are now at risk as businesses close up shop. The trend could erase […]

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]]> /microfinance-institutions-could-help-african-entrepreneurs-beat-back-the-pandemic/feed/ 0 Time Is Up on Business As Usual, Says GIIN CEO /time-is-up-on-business-as-usual-says-giin-ceo/ /time-is-up-on-business-as-usual-says-giin-ceo/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=17978 Amit Bouri, the CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, is racing to support efforts by impact investors to raise capital to combat COVID-19 and create a more sustainable future. The virus outbreak has killed over 900,000 people around the globe and highlighted inequalities in healthcare and social justice matters. GIIN is part of a […]

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]]> /time-is-up-on-business-as-usual-says-giin-ceo/feed/ 0 Stakeholder Capitalism Stonewalled by Labor Department /stakeholder-capitalism-stonewalled-by-labor-department/ /stakeholder-capitalism-stonewalled-by-labor-department/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=17931 U.S. Department of Labor proposes rule changes that could make impact investing more difficult, by limiting funds’ ability to take ESG issues into account for investments and limiting shareholders’ ability to use proxy votes to influence companies.  This article is part of the daily Karma newsletter. To get the whole newsletter delivered to your email […]

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]]> /stakeholder-capitalism-stonewalled-by-labor-department/feed/ 0 Companies Must Consider Workers, Not Just Profits, Says Sen. Brown /companies-must-consider-workers-not-just-profits-says-sen-brown/ /companies-must-consider-workers-not-just-profits-says-sen-brown/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=17910 To prevent a financial collapse, companies need to consider all its stakeholders, not just shareholders, Sen. Sherrod Brown said in a webinar.  The Ohio Democrat plans to push for legislation protecting workers’ rights and requiring companies to share profits with workers during a stock buyback.  Brown hopes to push the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban […]

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]]> /companies-must-consider-workers-not-just-profits-says-sen-brown/feed/ 0 The Week Ahead: Six Months of COVID-19 /the-week-ahead-six-months-of-covid-19/ /the-week-ahead-six-months-of-covid-19/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=17897 After six months of living with COVID-19, the world is getting a better sense of what is possible and what isn’t. And we’re learning that “The Great Reset” should be possible if governments and impact investors want it to happen intensely enough.  This article is part of the daily Karma newsletter. To get the whole […]

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]]> /the-week-ahead-six-months-of-covid-19/feed/ 0 Why Democracy Is Central to Impact Investment /why-democracy-is-central-to-impact-investment/ /why-democracy-is-central-to-impact-investment/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:00:36 +0000 /?p=17886 Day 2 of the GSG Global Impact Summit speakers ran the gamut from actress/social entrepreneur Jessica Alba to former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. But the message of how to #BuildBackBetter ran through the panels.  This article is part of the daily Karma newsletter. To get the whole newsletter delivered to your email free every […]

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]]> /why-democracy-is-central-to-impact-investment/feed/ 0 New Small Nuclear Reactor Gains U.S. Approval, May Bolster Flagging Sector /new-small-nuclear-reactor-gains-u-s-approval-may-bolster-flagging-sector/ /new-small-nuclear-reactor-gains-u-s-approval-may-bolster-flagging-sector/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:00:20 +0000 /?p=17879 Advocates say the U.S. government’s first approval for the design of a new type of small nuclear reactor is good for the industry and may help tackle global warming.  Nuclear power advocates have long touted it as a low carbon emission energy source that is key to fighting climate change.  NuScale reactor design is expected […]

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]]> /new-small-nuclear-reactor-gains-u-s-approval-may-bolster-flagging-sector/feed/ 0 #GSGSummit Day One: Replenishing ‘Capital Deserts’ /gsgsummit-day-one-replenishing-capital-deserts/ /gsgsummit-day-one-replenishing-capital-deserts/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=17873 Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) Summit speakers connect recovery from the pandemic to improving the lives of everyone, not just the well-off, comparing a lack of investment in some neighborhoods to “food deserts.”  This article is part of the daily Karma newsletter. To get the whole newsletter delivered to your email free every […]

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]]> /gsgsummit-day-one-replenishing-capital-deserts/feed/ 0 How Can ESG Regulations Keep Up With the TikTok Generation? /how-can-esg-regulations-keep-up-with-the-tiktok-generation/ /how-can-esg-regulations-keep-up-with-the-tiktok-generation/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=17802 ESG regulations are shifting, but can governments and asset managers keep up? Millennials and Generation Z are only going to quicken the pace of change.  This article is part of the daily Karma newsletter. To get the whole newsletter delivered to your email free every morning, subscribe here. The EU’s plan to require sustainability-related disclosures […]

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