Global sustainability and integrated reporting organizations launch prototype climate-related financial disclosure standard
(Integrated Reporting) Five leading organizations in sustainability and integrated reporting, who published a shared vision for a comprehensive corporate reporting system earlier this year, have taken a next practical step together. Today, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on 12 December, the group published a paper that addresses one part of this…
Read MoreOpinion: A surprise about some ESG funds — they actually vote against environmental and socially conscious resolutions
(MarketWatch) New research shows that some index funds with an environmental, social and corporate governance mandate rarely vote in favor of their stated preferences.
Read MoreLaunch of the Startups & Society Initiative
(Medium) Faced with a pandemic, the climate crisis, and unresolved systemic racial and economic inequality, our country finds itself at a critical moment. Our interdependence is now more apparent than ever, and this has triggered explosive demands for change in every corner of society. Technology companies are not immune, having been increasingly singled out for…
Read MoreGreylock and MLT are trying to diversify tech’s wealth cycle
(TechCrunch) Greylock Partners has teamed up with Management Leadership for Tomorrow to address issues of diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. Read more here.
Read MoreDynamic Materiality In The Time Of COVID-19
(Forbes) Three months ago, in what seems like another age, I wrote about the concept of dynamic materiality. It was developed by Thomas Kuh, Andre Shepley, Greg Bala, and Michael Flowers of Truvalue Labs (TVL), a San Francisco-based technology company (to whom I’m an advisor) which uses AI and big data to develop signals on…
Read MoreOver Two Years After #MeToo Harassment Allegations, Justin Caldbeck Is Investing In Startups Again
(Forbes) Justin Caldbeck, the venture capitalist who resigned from his firm after six women accused him of unwanted sexual advances in the course of talking to him about their tech companies or other business deals, is investing in startups again. According to messages reviewed by Forbes, Caldbeck claims to have made small, angel investments in…
Read MoreIt’s Time To Regulate Big Tech, Says VC Who Helped Create It
(Fast Company) There was a time when tech companies could grow to be unbelievably massive while facing little interference from the hand of regulation, but venture capitalist Hemant Taneja thinks that era is ending. In his new book Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future (PublicAffairs), he offers a…
Read MoreEnvironmental racism has left black Americans three times more likely to die from pollution
(Quartz) Without a touch of irony, the EPA celebrated Black History Month by publishing a report that finds black communities face dangerously high levels of pollution. African Americans are more likely to live near landfills and industrial plants that pollute water and air and erode quality of life. Because of this, more than half of…
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