Posted on 04/21/2022 11:14:45 PM PDT by NoLibZone
The business community’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a dramatic example of stakeholder capitalism in action.
Their decisive withdrawal from Russia isn’t just a response to price signals or market pressures. It’s the institutional expression of moral outrage. It’s also a recognition that every company is a community of people–and that to thrive the company must reflect in its actions the values of the people who create and sustain it.
The SEC’s recent proposals on disclosure regarding cybersecurity and environmental risks are also powerful indicators that the push for business to integrate stakeholder values on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into every level of corporate strategy has passed the tipping point. Nearly a decade of pressures from investors, activist shareholders, and proxy fights makes clear that action on ESG is an investor demand.
Fair trade
Conflict free
These limit fossil fuel production to Canada and the US. Liberals must prohibit fossil fuel production from areas other than North America to comply with E.S.G..
...UNLESS it comes to the slave child labor digging rare earth minerals for electric cars...or cheap slave labor for cheap Nike sneakers....or the latest gadget...Or that “organic” coconut oil....
When will we take similar action against China.
Human rights violations.
exposing us to a bio weaponized Pandemic
exporting Fontanel poison to America
Many young people have joined the boards of companies and they are the ones demanding this, not investors.
“Nearly a decade of pressures from investors, activist shareholders, and proxy fights”
All I have seen is nearly a decade of investors buying.
Conservative shareholders and conservatives in general want to be left alone. Left wing shareholders get in the faces of corporate executives. That makes all the difference (and not a good one).
I assume you meant fentanyl? 🙂
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