April 5, 2019 Press Release A Win for Shareholders in Effort to Halt Sales of Amazon’s Racially Biased Surveillance Tech S.E.C. Ruling Advances Two Shareholder Proposals Targeting Amazon’s Rekognition In a major victory for investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled late Wednesday that Amazon must give …
News from NEF: algorithms, the green transition, and household debt
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this excellent report from our longtime friends at the London-based New Economics Foundation. I was proud to serve on its founding board of trustees and author its “Beyond Globalization“ (1999)! We are following these IT and algorithm issues (see my “The Future of Democracy Challenged in …
GreenBuzz News: The power of woke youth
Taking Care of Business by Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor Last week was a dreadful one for humanity. There’s no nice way to put it. There was a hate-filled mass shooting in New Zealand (and the resulting social media blowback), malfunctioning airplanes, more Brexit madness, a college admissions scandal, a …
Special Report: Brené Brown, NWI, Lynne Twist + A Remarkable Gathering of Women
Calling the recent gathering of Brené Brown, Lynne Twist, Sara Vetter and four women Nobel Laureates, and other women leaders, “A Remarkable Gathering of Women Committed to Global Change” might be an understatement. As Sara Vetter reports in a new blog post with that title, this NYC meeting of women leaders …
? 3 things to know about the One Planet Summit
3 things you need to know about the 3rd One Planet Summit There’s only one Earth we need save! That’s why leaders from around the world are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya to reaffirm the world’s commitment to the fight against climate change. Here are three things you need to know …
NCBA-CLUSA/Co-op Weekly – Trump Administration’s 2020 budget again proposes steep cuts.
Trump Administration’s 2020 budget again proposes steep cuts to programs that drive co-op development The proposed budget asks for a 15 percent cut to USDA programs that support American communities, and a 24 percent cut to the International Affairs budget. [photo: The Hill] President Trump yesterday released his Administration’s budget …
Co-op Weekly – 2019 Co-op IMPACT Conference
Early-bird registration is now open for 2019 Co-op IMPACT Conference Early-bird registration is now open for NCBA CLUSA’s 2019 Co-op IMPACT Conference, scheduled for October 2-4 at the Sheraton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. Under the theme, “Power in Purpose: Building the Next Economy,” IMPACT 2019 will amplify how cooperatives—as …
DealBook Briefing: Facebook Prioritizes Privacy. Can It Deliver?
“Ethical Markets agrees that the dominant social media firm Facebook needs to up its game! We support Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, who are both calling for more anti-trust enforcement to break up Facebook, Amazon and Google, which grew from network effects provided by taxpayer-supported internet platforms. see my …
Knight Foundation-Congratulations to the winners of the AI and the News Open Challenge!
“Ethical Markets congratulates the Knight Foundation for this important initiative and congratulates all the winners and runners-up! We are happy to see Tim Berners-Lee speaking out on the mis-use of the internet and the WorldWideWeb for profit, and continue to follow these issues closely, see my “The Future of Democracy …
Special Edition of ‘The Convergence’ Magazine focusing on the Conscious Business World Summit
UNITY EARTH, one of our partners involved in organizing the Conscious Business World Summit, is further supporting the First Annual Conscious Business World Summit with its February 2019 special issue of The Convergence magazine entitled Waking Up and Growing Up: The Conscious Business World Summit. In addition to an overview …