Purpose of the Corporation in the media

The Purpose of the Corporation project has published several articles with the intention of stimulating the discussion on responsible and sustainable corporate management. Furthermore, we also comment on relevant policy developments and important events. 

List of published articles:

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation:

• Reforming Directors' Long-Term Duties in the EU

EurActiv:

• "How the EU can end corporate short-termism and create a sustainable financial system"

​ICGN 2017 Yearbook: 

• "The Purpose of the Corporation"

Responsible Investor: 

• Non-Financial Reporting: How to Comply? What does it mean for the climate?
• Frank Bold launches materiality assessment tool to fill non-financial reporting vacuum

E!Sharp: 

• "Improving EU corporate governance"
• "New EU legislation to tackle short-termism in companies"

BoardAgenda:

• "Davos: Debunking the myth of shareholder primacy"
• "Sustainable Finance report: implications for investors and directors"
• "Recommendations to rethink UK corporate governance​"
• "Reporting directive paves way for improved accountability"

Contexte:

• “European lawmakers vote to increase shareholder rights” 

Politico: 

• “Lux leaks scandal shows why tax avoidance is a bad idea”

NewCo Shift:

• "Multinational B Corporations: Big Business as a Force for Social Good"

Triple Pundit:

• "5 Steps for Stronger Companies" 
• “Defining Corporate Purpose is the only Way Forward”
• “Launch of UK B Corp Movement Prompts Debate About Future of Corporations”
• "What Trump's Presidency Could Mean For Business" 
• "Unilever Defends Long-Term Corporate Strategy, Rejects Buffett Takeover Comments"

Blogs

L4BB:

• “Europe: trend towards increased corporate responsibility” 

The IIRC:

•  “Six ideas for improving reporting – and by extension, corporate governance” 

Columbia Law School's blog on corporations and the capital markets:

• "Corporate Governance for a Changing World: Report of a Global Roundtable Series"

Media coverage: 

Euractiv:

• "Responsible Business Conduct: Gearing up EU action" video

Forbes:

• "Barclays Offers CEO Leadership Lessons For 'The Fool Who Doth Think He Is Wise"
• “A First In EU Law: Shareholders Don't Own Companies” 

Responsible Investor:

• Implementation of the EU’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive ‘fails materiality test’​
• “Conference report: ‘Creating Sustainable Companies’ summit: shareholder primacy needs overhauling”  

Financial Times:

• “Business is tackling the difficult questions politics has dodged”
• "We need to talk about compliance"
• "Transcend 'shareholder value' for all our sakes"
• "Too many see becoming the boss as ‘a prize, not a responsibility"

IPE: 

• "EU negotiators reach agreement on revised Shareholder Rights Directive" 
• "Does the HLEG need to define sustainability?​"

Board Agenda:

• Debate heats up over sustainability reporting

Time Business:

• "The Long View: Why Maximizing Shareholder Value Is On Its Way Out”

Katrin Muff's blog at Business School Lausanne:

•  “Imagine Corporate Governance for a Sustainable World”

Peter Crow's blog:

• “The emerging role of the board in business performance”

Observatoire des multinationales:

• "Au-delà de la régulation : peut-on transformer les entreprises à la racine ?"

ActionAid's website:

• “A new approach to corporate governance: Does this mean ending capitalism?" 

Oxford Business Law Blog:

• "The Modern Corporation Statement on Company Law" 

Andrew Johnston and Tiina Ruohonen in the University of Oslo website:

• “Reporting Back: A Need for Collective Endeavour”

Governance magazine:

• "Back to the Future: Newton and the Next Economy" 

OpenDemocracy:

• "Inequality, business and human rights: the new frontier?" 

The project has also been cited by several experts in their articles, blog posts and research studies.

International Panel on Social Progress. The Report will be published next June by Cambridge University Press.

• "Rethinking Societies in the 21st century". Chapter 6 Markets, Finance, and Corporations. Provisional link.

CONCORD:

• "A 10 point roadmap for Europe: on the role of the private sector in development"

Friends of the Earth:

• “Focusing businesses on doing good” 

Ernst & Young Cleantech and Sustainability Services on behalf of the European Commission: 

• "Resource Efficiency and Fiduciary Duties of Investors" 

Submission to the UK BEIS Committee inquiry on corporate governance:

• Written evidence from Oxfam and B Lab UK. 

Oxfam Briefing Paper

• "An Economy for the 99%"

Shift project website: 

• "Paradigm Shift: It's Time to Speak about the Purpose of the Corporation"

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