Wednesday, June 23, 2021
During a recent discussion hosted virtually by Mintz, corporate attorney and former CEO Benjamin Stone invited Professor Christopher Marquis of the Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business to discuss his new book,
Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism, and provide an overview of the emerging concepts and trends that are rapidly reshaping the social innovation landscape. Drawing upon professional experience and academic research, Stone and Marquis brought clarity to the often dizzying array of new buzzwords that have surfaced in the social innovation space – from “B Corps” to “impact investing” to “JEDI.” Marquis and Stone addressed these crucial concepts from the perspective of companies, investors, consumers, and working professionals.
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In Mintz s recent article- Public Benefit Corporations are Going
Public, -we predicted that, as Special Purpose Acquisition
Companies ( SPACs ) reemerge as an alternative to
initial public offerings ( IPOs ), Public Benefit
Corporations ( PBCs ) would start going public through
the SPAC process. Not surprisingly, two PBCs have recently done
just that, and it seems certain that more PBCs will follow. It is
important to note, however, that regulators like the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) are
increasingly focused on SPAC oversight, which may slow the
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Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the Pitchfork Economics podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein.
In the latest episode, they spoke with the Ben & Jerry s cofounders about corporate activism.
Greenfield says we need to raise the bar on what the threshold is to be an ethical business.
Earlier this week, Jason Fried, the cofounder of productivity software company Basecamp, published a controversial blog post issuing several changes in corporate culture at the popular tech company.
The first item on the list, No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account, has sparked the most conversation online.
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