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The JUST Report: Is Warren Buffett a Stakeholder Capitalist?

Just Capital

Axios spotlights JUST Capital data to make the case that ethical investing can produce financial returns. News Nation reveals that with the job market cooling, companies are offering lower salaries for new positions than they did in 2023.

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

More and more enterprises are rapidly adopting sustainable finance, with a demonstrated 10% growth in global markets reported in 2023. Reduced cost of capital Sustainable investments often attract a broader base of investors, including socially responsible investment funds and individuals looking for ethical investment opportunities.

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Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

Chris Hall

As a result, the 2023 benchmark increased the number of such questions from ten to 20, asking companies to detail progress on issues such as the time farm animals spend in live transportation. A quarter of assessed companies recognised the need to reduce reliance on animal-sourced foods as a relevant business issue in 2023.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

Ana Nacvalovaite, Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, explains how investing in employee-owned businesses can help sovereign funds create prosperity for future generations. trillion globally in 2023, according to the Global SWF Annual Report 2024. But they invested less, and less often, than in 2022.

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Tech Giants Under Pressure to Commit to Ethical AI

Chris Hall

WBA will now be extending its coverage of companies in the IT space and is aiming to publish the 2022 Digital Inclusion Benchmark in March 2023, Montenegro said. . “AI An update will be published in 2023. . Setting boundaries .

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The JUST Report: Dozens of CEOs Vow to Reduce Inequality

Just Capital

JUST Rankings Spotlight This week we’re highlighting the top five companies encouraging or requiring their suppliers to pay a living wage from our 2023 Rankings. From human rights to climate to job loss issues, the Financial Times’ Moral Money team asks if technology companies at the forefront of generative AI can be ethical investments.

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End of an Era for Anti-Social Media

Chris Hall

It is unsurprising, then, that earlier this year eight social and governance-focused resolutions were filed , including a request for Meta to issue a report by February 2023 that assesses the risks of increased sexual exploitation of children as the platform develops and implements additional privacy tools, such as end-to-end encryption. .