From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:02 AM)

good morning, beautiful people! Bless you all and may you all change the To  to include attendees so  we can  see what you say!!

From Me to Panelists: (11:02 AM)

Hello - it’s Humanity Rising Day 155 Yay!!!

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:02 AM)

Kamloops BC greets you with pleasure!

From sharon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:03 AM)

Good morning beloved community, So good to join you from Seattle.

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:03 AM)

Good morning to ALL !!!

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (11:04 AM)

Without the legal responsibility of individuals . . .

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:04 AM)

wow!

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:04 AM)

The dawn of a new day with the proposal of an "Integral Capitalism "
And yet they're sad because their benefits have come down a 50% as the máximum !!!

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (11:07 AM)

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From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:08 AM)

Hello Beautiful!

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:09 AM)

It's funny that the synonim of corporations in the 502s was name as "Trust"

From sharon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:11 AM)

Good Morning Sabinije!!  Beautiful!  Heat open here.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:16 AM)

1000 Corps - YAY!!!

From sharon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:18 AM)

Welcome All!

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:18 AM)

Thank you John !!!

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:24 AM)

Still no recognition of the need to partner with the planet
Like a broken record.

From Barbro Esbjörnsdotter to Panelists and Attendees: (11:29 AM)

We're talking the US now, right?

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:29 AM)

Yes
The US have ruled the Economic western world, that's why

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:29 AM)

Woah... he skipped over the Powell Memo... it was the call to action for corporations to take over government  and led to the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision to allow corporations to spend unlimited sums of money on political campaigns.

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:31 AM)

thank you, Stan; many points of view help

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:31 AM)

I’m appreciating the history and Stand your point is huge!

From H Cynamon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:32 AM)

the film The Corporation - the sequel - out now - is a
searing look at CSR

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:33 AM)

Where we are is : A select few control the corporations, and the corporations have their tentacles into the government. And therefore the economy is run by a select few,

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:33 AM)

Without understanding the effect of the Powell memo, the whole process of corporation control of government is white washed.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:33 AM)

Will any of this cover the very questionable assumption that “corporations are people”? Seems like that’s the huge leverage point, especially re: rights, etc.

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:34 AM)

Benefit corporations are good. But they are just a bandaid on a slit throat.

From Erik Cornish to Panelists and Attendees: (11:36 AM)

Is there  a duty of Directors to comply with Sustainable Development Goals, and should Audit reports cover this compliance?

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:36 AM)

What is stopping USA enact a corporate law that mandates all corportations without exception to include the triple bottom line as part of their SOP : and including their commitment of 3% of their turnover towards CSR for society needs and investment in environment. They also have to report the Environmental Impact of their business and products.
No planet , No people, No profit. so the order of the 3 Ps need to be changed.

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:37 AM)

good One, Malini

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:37 AM)

Malini, IMHO what you’re asking corps to do is so fuzzy they would be able to find enormous loopholes to get around what you’re trying to achieve.

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (11:37 AM)

Acts can only state what is to be donor the goal and not how we function to get there . . .

From H Cynamon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:38 AM)

how about the three ‘r’ s -responsibility , resilience , regeneration

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:39 AM)

How Wealth Rules the World - the book:   About the Crisis of DEMOCRACY, LAW, Money and the Environment: The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is building a movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature to advance democratic, economic, social, and environmental rights – building upward from the grassroots to the state, federal, and international level.  https://celdf.org/  CELDEF published a book that reveals the most important environmental and legal blockages to democracy and the rights of communities and nature by Ben G. Price "How Wealth Rules the World" It describes how the U.S. Supreme Court has been and still is a choir for the Theology of Property.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:39 AM)

What world do we really want? We want primary consideration of corps be the environment… after all “corporations are wholly owned subsidiaries of the environment.” Pretty obvious when you think about it.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:39 AM)

H - great shift! It is amazing to see the shifts in just 10 years. We have come a long way. I also very much like connecting to the SDGs.

From Barbro Esbjörnsdotter to Panelists and Attendees: (11:40 AM)

Ben Levi Levi; yes.

From mary thorp to Panelists and Attendees: (11:40 AM)

This is all CHANGE, not TRANSFORMATION-a shift of state or source

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:40 AM)

Ben its not fuzzy, It part of law in India and The Companies Act. So they don't have a choice here in India and this is very closely monitored and they have to make declaration in the public documents . Some of them have paid huge fines ever since the old order changed in 2014.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:41 AM)

Thank you Malini. We need clear case studies that these practices actually achieve what they’re trying to do.

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (11:41 AM)

Distinction between voice, sharing feedback and decision making power . . .

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

Language that clearly requires regeneration? However I’m already seeing that get shifted and watered down. Tying to the Doughnut?

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

ENFORCEMENT is the key. Laws don’t mean squat if they’re not enforced.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

Do no harm?

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

AS the market is structured today , Share holders are mostly interested only in the dividend they get for their investment in the companies shares.

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

Why not TEACH consciousness development to the SHAREHOLDERS? In that way it Will come to them the evolutionary impulse and the directors Will not have to convence them of anything.  It Will be the Shareholders themselves the ones that would claim for the CHANGE that involves Benefit for eveything and everyone !!!

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:42 AM)

True Malini… it’s certainly a key factor in my decisions who to invest in. So we do need a mind shift as well.

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:43 AM)

retirement - is that even imaginable from the context of climate change?

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:43 AM)

Ben agree, Yes enforcement is the key. and enforcement is decided by the political will of the government. Which is why over 120000 companies which were shell companies and fronts for other companies in India were shut down. because of noncompliance .

From Barbro Esbjörnsdotter to Panelists and Attendees: (11:44 AM)

The US again, I Think.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:45 AM)

Bill is correct in that assessment - the role of Government may become to prevent that pushback. The fear that drives and rationalizes greed is very hard to control and we are seeing it become institutionalized.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:46 AM)

Shannon - yes much of this is assuming we are going along as usual.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (11:46 AM)

Constanza Connolly: Argentinian attorney, From Shareholder to stakeholder primacy, Traditional>Corporate Social Responsibility> B Corps/Benefit corps

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:47 AM)

It is nice to see how far Blabs have come since my early involvement!!!

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:47 AM)

Just to share we have what is called Section 25 companies. and companies that apply for 12A and 80G registrations under the companies act.

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:48 AM)

does “Public Benefit” extend to Earth?

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (11:48 AM)

And these companies have a set of rules regarding employment of funds and profits.

From Bruce Schuman to Panelists and Attendees: (11:48 AM)

Hey guys, hello.  In the backgroud for me: How does any or all of this fit into the "5 questions" from ChatAction and an organized strategic response?   :)

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:49 AM)

;)

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (11:51 AM)

I hear you Stan, always back to that question of whether or not what created the problem can fix it . . . what can we imagine other than corporations?

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:51 AM)

We need to realize that these “small step” solutions don’t come close to the transformation we need in our economic systems in order to avoid global collapse on all system levels. We’re simply not changing quickly enough… life conditions are continuing to worsen, because these small steps are certainly heading in the right direction, but are simply not enough.

From William Clark to Panelists and Attendees: (11:51 AM)

Leo: I'm glad you're going to talk about the Powell memo.  Hope you touch on Citizens United as well.  With more time, I would have covered them as well.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (11:53 AM)

B Lab> Sistema B (Network for impact lawyers)> BIC Sociedades de beneficio e interes colectivo> public benefit> new impact economy> essential elements of the Benefit Corporation, Columbia/Ecuador/Peru> BIC law=#LeyBIC, none of this in other continents, open/collaborative throughout the entire region Columbia for 2 years is the oldest one, establishing a strategy for new way of doing biz with legal basis, purpose driven BIC Corps, Encourage ESG, Foster education, encourage public/private incentives, Latin America attracting impact investing solving social/enviro problems

From Lesley Southwick-Trask to Panelists and Attendees: (11:53 AM)

What are the markers / indicators that are being tracked to demonstrate socio/economic/environmental impact?

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:53 AM)

Ben Levi - yes, but what to do? Do you have ideas to faster, bigger movement? the Doughnut with gov. backing is the only leverage I see….

From Raquel Torrent to Panelists and Attendees: (11:54 AM)

Ben, yes they're not enough for us, but they're absolutely necessary for our grandchildren.  If we don't start them, they Will surely don't even have a planet to live in or a social system to have food and shelter !!!

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:54 AM)

What to do? Bucky Fuller said it best: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

From sharon to Panelists and Attendees: (11:54 AM)

Thank you Constanza!

From Eliot Rosenbloom to Panelists and Attendees: (11:55 AM)

2 Qs:  1)  What will cause much capital to flow into B corps.

From Constanza Connolly  to Panelists and Attendees: (11:55 AM)

I´ll share the Latam publication: https://academiab.org/noticia/nueva-publicacion-movimiento-legislativo-de-sociedades-de-beneficio-e-interes-colectivo-b-i-c-en-america-latina/

From Eliot Rosenbloom to Panelists and Attendees: (11:56 AM)

2)  If B corps are for-profil, will that tend to overwhelm the public benefit part of the mission?

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:56 AM)

Ben - I agree but specifics?

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:57 AM)

. =====  Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests.  Move to Amend Promotes  the We The People Amendment - End Corporate Personhood  We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights  ======

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (11:57 AM)

Stan, ty, link?

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (11:58 AM)

Move to Amend: https://wikidelphia.org/Move_to_Amend_(MTA)

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:58 AM)

What lessons can we learn from Interface? Their story makes my heart sing. They have done everything without gov support. Key will be measures that support a thriving planet.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (11:58 AM)

IMHO it begins with education… it took hundreds of years to get us to where we are now, so things won’t change quickly. But educating our youth so they embrace more wholistic values will, in a generation or two, shift the mindsets which are holding our dysfunctional system in its stuck place, enabling new thinking and new structures to be created. It’s a long-term goal, but really the best way to instill healthier values.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (11:59 AM)

No argument, Ben but the speed of change is still using in the background.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:00 PM)

Sorry… “still using in the background”?

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (12:01 PM)

Question: Do the presenters know and understand Doughnut Economics?

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:01 PM)

Sorry - pushing not using. the UN suggests 10 years (now 9?) to mitigate the worst, so…..
Stakeholder governance sounds promising.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:02 PM)

Christopher Marquis: from shareholders to all stakeholders, before pandemic stakeholder management was popular prepandemic, WEF: 2020 theme in January on stakeholders, Larry Fink (Blackrock take sustainability more seriously-big destroyer of Amazon) overcome short terms, resulting in Xternality abuses, short term profit not on enviro destruction/waste, all helps, still saying things is much easier than doing them, need tools/processes to be stakeholder driven, greenwashing saying/not doing, B Corp movement certified for social enviro impact, only 3,500 companies: Ben & Jerry’s Danon, Patagonia, rigorous assessment, so all companies can become stakeholder oriented,#1 tracking/measuring/transparent TOOLS: SASB, Global Reporting Initiative,  B Impact Assessment learning tool learn how to be “BETTER BUSINESS” people Bank of Canada version VC’s due diligence, investors taken on purpose and socially driven biz Lemonade, Vital Farms, App Harvest gone public recently

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:03 PM)

Brilliant Ben - Educating our youth!! And actually 'our youth'  are already on a better road in that they will stand up for each other - and for the planet. They are happy to work for the common good whereas the generations before have been taken over by greed!

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

===== The End of Money and the Future of Civilization   One great book on a new way for businesses to create an ecosystem and leave the current systems for exchanging value behind. Thomas H. Greco, Jr - "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization" Tom has been studying money and writing books for over 30 years. See my page summarizing Tom's resources here: https://wikidelphia.org/Thomas_Greco_-_Beyond_Money  ====

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

They don't seem to be interested in 'profit' - yet

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

there are different kinds of young people, Diane, though I get your point.
good to see you ;)

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

Right. The reality is that the speed of technology is increasing exponentially faster than the our ability to manage it all. We’re used to human evolutionary change… happening over generations. Nowadays tech is changing way too quickly, which is what’s driving civilization toward catastrophe. If we don’t slow down, we’re toast.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

Maybe a ‘contract’ to become integrated in their local communities (factory like a forest) ?

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (12:04 PM)

Who listens/connects to Earth to share Her response in the dialogue?

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:05 PM)

hahaha - just arrived and may have to leave again - a lady coming out of hospital any min

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:05 PM)

Crystal the Doughnut is the only model I know of so far.
Christopher - Right you are!!! A big hole!

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:06 PM)

Diane, yes it starts with youth… and it needs to quickly move into academia, business schools, etc. It all has to happen at the same time in order for systemic change to take hold.

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (12:06 PM)

Kathryn:  like the Maori doughnut . . .

From Erik Cornish to Panelists and Attendees: (12:07 PM)

There was a speaker from Sweden near the start of Humanity Rising running  a consultancy training corporates in the implementation of SDGs.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:07 PM)

Crystal, thankfully folks like Joanna Macy et al are focusing on listening and mirroring Earth back to us. We certainly need to listen more, and talk less.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:07 PM)

Crystal ideally yes - probably a second step.

From Stanley Pokras Pokras to Panelists and Attendees: (12:08 PM)

I don't like the term "consumers" and much prefer that businesses need "Customers."

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:08 PM)

It's just a start - true but - was talking to loads of young people doing not my dirty money and - they 're aware of where they are putting their money. Yes, they're the students and many other young people are not but - it's a start!!https://www.notmydirtymoney.com/

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:08 PM)

Amalgamated Bank Danon changed articles of incorporation, #2 Governance #3 working together in collective action, B Corps work to create positive impact beyond just the company, historically smaller companies, now 6 larger companies: Danon, Natura, 2 EU and 2 Brazilian companies will use impact assessment to work toward B corp certification, no USA companies, organizing around 17 SDG’s by 2030, not operationalized by companies not seen how powerful leading multinational crops are, find ways to bring biz to table with SDG’s, SDG action manager, which have biggest impact and need to work toward, #4 consumers SDG12, products/services, responsibly consume, people care about and want to buy from companies are doing good in the world, B copr certification/governance Call to Action making purchases> Currencies spent choose wisely

From Crystal Steinberg to Panelists and Attendees: (12:08 PM)

Retirement today has the potential for being part of the transition to a post pandemic world transformation and a different way of living . . .

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:09 PM)

Mother Earth watches our struggles with love and patience, enduring as best She can until we rise above these pushing/pulling developing ways. These are our internal choices that we are expected to go through in our efforts to make sense of power and possessions. Dear Crystal, thank  you for remembering and wondering…

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:09 PM)

Less consuming on every level please. A new way!!

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:10 PM)

imho

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:10 PM)

Crystal AND of cementing fear and greed as he mentioned. Pretty scary actually. Again this all assumes things will continue on as usual while the planet dies. Not likely.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:10 PM)

I teach Spiral Dynamics, an evolutionary model of human development. The model proposes we “transcend and include” what’s come before, as we strive to emerge new thinking to manage the problems of existence the old system has successfully created.

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:11 PM)

The purpose of business is to enhance human life...

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:11 PM)

ty Kathryn
not yet

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:11 PM)

That’s why we traded - the foundation of business

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:12 PM)

“If the purpose of business is to take things out of the ground, do something with them, and sell it as a profit, then business is inherently unsustainable.” - Daniel Quinn

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:12 PM)

Ben, we should talk.

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:12 PM)

Well, again Colin is ignoring the great movement that was built around the Powell Memo.

From Sally Okoniewski to Panelists and Attendees: (12:12 PM)

What a fantastic set of presentations and chats, Thank You

From Douglas Renk to Panelists and Attendees: (12:12 PM)

I'm delighted to hear the responsible attempts of Benefit Corporations. Most everyone, B Corps included, say they want to leave the world a little better than when they started. Is this even possible? How could the environmental world improve as a result of human inhabitation and corporate activity? At best we can try to be “less bad” or involved in restorative activities, but with rare exception of dwindling tribal indigenous, we are essentially parasites on this planet. "Business exists to support humanity in a profitable manner"- colin

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:13 PM)

Douglas - YES!

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:13 PM)

That's the way forward Kathryn - the dream. (imho) We're still in the time of 'the aim of business is to make profit'!!

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:13 PM)

No Douglas, we are the gardeners - and we have forgotten it.

From Ben Levi Levi to Panelists and Attendees: (12:14 PM)

“Legal fiction”. True story. Certainly not equivalent to a human being!

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:14 PM)

In America: To PREVENT some POLITICAL CORRUPTION Represent.us is focused on only this. And has numerous ways to do it! 90% of the people in MANY countries would agree with this short video.  https://youtu.be/TfQij4aQq1k

From Douglas Renk to Panelists and Attendees: (12:14 PM)

Gardeners that live by natural law, maybe? Stewardship and Environmental Management still promotes a dominator mindset

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:15 PM)

yes, Douglas… we are given the World to play and work together in and She will support us. But She cannot if we do  not.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:15 PM)

Colin Mayer: From NA to SA to EU, Congo Kumi oldest corporation in the world, corp invented under Romans>coins/building, distrusted government, public function https://www.glynholton.com/notes/corporation/ What is the purpose and how can they embed it in their business? Reason for being needs to help company what the purpose is. Precisely defined purpose is critical, biz exists to solve problems that we/nature faces in a commercially viable way, profit should Exclude profiting at the expense of nature, failure of companies to grasp problems, East India Company how a publicly focused copr could cause immense damage, Xploiting slave trade, where are we trying to get to, law defines company, company determined by the way the law permits, EU case: more aggressive to changing the notion of business form of taxonomy, climate change 6 pillars not causing enviro problems in them, positive benefit to one of them,

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:15 PM)

Colin - can we get a link to that study?

From Douglas Renk to Panelists and Attendees: (12:15 PM)

I like the way you think, Shannon

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:16 PM)

;)  so do I  ;)  glad you do too.

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:16 PM)

The Lewis Powell Memo  Written in 1971 to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Lewis Powell Memo was a blueprint for corporate domination of American Democracy.  This seminal document is presented by Greenpeace here: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:16 PM)

And the UK is leaving the EU - one of the reason being that profit is more important than planet!! A scary moment here (for some)
Exactly Colin. We're fighting the good heart of the EU

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:20 PM)

The Powell memo was a clarion call to corporate leaders to take control of the government by using their economic power to influence the public… It is the source of the idea that ‘The government is the problem.”

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:21 PM)

The government is only a “problem” for entities desiring to rape the public.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:21 PM)

CM: 3 options #1 soft approach non legislative/better communication not very strong #2 intermediate, some regs, more sustainable practices, minimum setting of rules for longterm value, #3 strongest (Brexit in UK) forefront France Loire pac raison d’être new Corporate Form social enterprise with public benefit corporation elements, Italy>adopt public benefit corp Denmark legal form most progressive industrial foundation company owned by a foundation IKEA, VLUX,  UK>Legal reform, legal structure of company law requires directors to take account of other stakeholders for the benefit of the shareholders, goes a bit of the way, only for the success of the company, notion of purpose beyond shareholder benefit not yet incorporated, 1992 Cambria (?) corporate code OECD, corporate governance, shareholder view aligning interest of directors with shareholders, 2018 corporate code changed, requiring boards to establish, strategies, purpose, culture, values all aligned, resources to deliver/measure performances

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:21 PM)

The government is only a “problem” for entities desiring to rape the public.
And the Planet.

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:22 PM)

Yes Stanley

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:23 PM)

Gov policy is so key - that makes me sad and cautious about the USA there is now SO much distraction…
Colin - absolutely

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:26 PM)

CM: defining purpose corporate strategy reflected in values/culture/measures/reqards people in organization, if pushing to do this in Brittish companies, UK institutional investor behavior, promote interests of investors AND responsibility overseeing corporate governance code with corporate purpose requiring Boards/Institutional investors stewarding companies in doing it Financial reporting council overseeing this requires companies to annually report looking to institutional investors to report/measure against stewardship code, Legal reform important, law defines what a company is, inconsistency between company stewardship/governence/law, Bcorp in USA small companies, not likely to be big corps, problem FREE RIDER, bringing about necessary change,

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:26 PM)

Thanks Kat!!!
WE have SO many way of rationalizing greed…
Excellent Colin

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:31 PM)

Ty Kathryn

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:31 PM)

THE CORE ISSUES IS CHARACTER ~ GOOD OR … When we bring Character Inclusion into life, transformation can happen while these other bandages are applied. Talk with us in developing the Department of Peace and bringing it into Thriving. :)

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (12:31 PM)

Yes we amended the companies act in 2013 to make sustainability, CSR and environmental impact mandatory to the performance and financial reporting of a company in its balance sheet and P&L statesment,

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:32 PM)

Pleasure, Kathryn Shift large corps to become public benefit corps, Emerging Market context: Focus on anything other than profit is fine when all is well in privileged developed world, in new or collapsing companies thought not viable, actually definition of the purpose is about solving problem that are commercially viable, encourage companies to focus on opportunities where existing firms do not exist or when new firms emerge during crisis, purpose recognized as solving problems, identify innovative ways of solving new problems INDIA: adoption of sustainability goals, now effectively persuaded as opportunities for India to lead these sustainability issues,

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:33 PM)

Kurt - yes character matters!

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:34 PM)

Lee Strine: 50% makes bCorps feasable, institutional investors, fiduciaries for most people in US and world, through intermediaries, starting to talk a good game, actions well behind rhetoric, pressure working people, worst are rewarded by the market encourages the worst actions, do to let institutional investors off the hook (As You Sow Invest Your Values https://www.asyousow.org/invest-your-values)

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (12:34 PM)

Beautiful - the government cannot be better than the electorate.

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:35 PM)

The Lewis Powell Memo  Written in 1971 to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Lewis Powell Memo was a blueprint for corporate domination of American Democracy.  This seminal document is presented by Greenpeace here: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/
Thank you Leo!!!! for pointing out the Powell memo as a key to the problems we have in the world today.

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:39 PM)

Loving Hunter asked, in her Humanity Rising presentation, is destroying the planet a viable “business proposition?”

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:39 PM)

LS: milton Friendman made fun of racial equality/working/enviro protections, 50 years later because of Reagan and Friedman we are worse off, existential threat of climate change, urged war on welfare state, consumers protected, genesis of B corp recognizing that corporate power unleashed on society has made it impossible to keep protections external for investors, so must go within the corp itself, Right wing legislative judges, Chief Justice Roberts extorted votes to save an easy part and struck down medicaid Expansion, struck down voting rights, political spending, access to contraception, and enviro regs, Channing power dynamic, positive purpose and do no harm, WORKERS>divide between workers and others on left, workers should not be buried in the S, tackle climate fair to people, institutional investors EESG reporting and disclose on it and required to shut down political spending no corp gets to spend $ for politics, BIDEN will be internationally/institutionally focused, other regions are doing well,stand

From Jill Lewis to Panelists and Attendees: (12:40 PM)

I have the greatest respect and agreement with pretty much everything that is being talked about.  It is great to talk about what has and should be done.  However,  my question is how can we make this happen?

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:40 PM)

Leo, wonderful all your sharing. HOW do we get these accomplished.

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:42 PM)

Kurt, we need to focus attention to Represent.us and Move To Amend. These are groups working to address corporate control over congress.

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:43 PM)

Stan, TOTALLY.

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:44 PM)

LS: b minus moving toward A level better than no action, convergence around work force (What about AI replacing work?) regionally appropriate living wages, 2020 much will hinge on Georgia, agenda setting process of US Senate, promise to get R votes on the floor if Bills come to the floor, labor law, positive incentives for B corps under state law, institutional investors required retirement/pension funds, Compensation committee into full blown workforce committee, pay/equity racial/gender/tolerance matched with disclosure, much will be determined with Georgia, protect about power of private companies needs laws, regulatory not possible for all, corporate political power in US must be fixed, activism is ignited in US, wage/income inequality driven by American style institutional investments, focus on these in the middle, more in common with workers than money managers, walk their high minded woke talk

From Diane Skidmore to Panelists and Attendees: (12:44 PM)

So..... Stan and Kurt - that's how to get change at the top and Kurt - education from the bottom - teach people how to be beautiful - conscious, considerate human beings - character!

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:44 PM)

YAY Leo!!!!

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:44 PM)

thanks Leo, I really appreciate your rambling!

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:45 PM)

Wonderful panel very thought provoking

From Malini Rajendran - Infinite Life to Panelists and Attendees: (12:45 PM)

Activism that does not  convert to action is all thunder and no rain, So American activism that has not resulted in changed legislation and changed laws. is just a lot of noise.

From Erik Cornish to Panelists and Attendees: (12:46 PM)

This needs a global solution or corporates will incorporate in countries less regulated as they do with tax avoidance.

From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:46 PM)

change or die. simple.  let’s change, k?

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:46 PM)

John Montgomery: Enlightening, one emergent theme from Chatpeople urgency of existential processes and slow pace of legal/legislative processes, Benefit Corps may be one stage of regenerative form> great positive impact but what about a regenerative (OIL COMPANIES AND DECONSTRUCTING THEIR REFINERIES?) rapid change enormity of existential problems so great high pressure on policy makers/politicians to act uickly

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:47 PM)

Oh John - we certainly hope so!!!! _/\_

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:47 PM)

The Living Values Education Program: The first two Values instructed are Love and Peace.  All the other Values are generated from these.  Developing quality Character traits is vitally important for all levels of society. When will WE emphasize this?  There is one program, http://LivingValues.net that has over 90% reduction in violence in a Thai Refugee Camp within 2 years! The woman who developed it then went to Johannesburg, RSA and designed a program for street people - similar results!

From AMY A BLUMENSHINE to Panelists and Attendees: (12:48 PM)

Glacial pace of change while the glaciers are melting!  But you do point to hope!

From Kathryn Alexander, MA to Panelists and Attendees: (12:48 PM)

I was one in 2011..

From Kurt Krueger, SuccessSystemsInternational.net to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

Come to the after chat. ACTION orientated.

From Bruce Schuman to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

So change or die -- when the dimensions of change are so extremely complex and interdependent and cover all aspects of global society.  Some serious engineering called for....

From Lesley Southwick-Trask to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

Leo, Colin, John, William, Constanza, Christopher - Please join us in the after chat - we are really quite lovely :)

From Kat Haber to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

JG: CHANGE or DIE (Shannon) greenwashing, hard to be patient with glacial pace of change when the imperative to change is so obvious, celebrate B corp> Ubiquity University? SOS Save ourselves from ourselves!Thanks you so very much, Leo, John, Bill, Colin, Constance, Chris-clarifying the warriors, fences, bridges, and roads before us!

From sharon to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

Thank you all for the important session today.  Beautiful presentations!

From Me to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

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From Julie Wolf to Panelists and Attendees: (12:49 PM)

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From Shannon McArthur to Panelists and Attendees: (12:50 PM)

Tonight at TheConversation.cc a breakout Zoom Room will  be dedicated  to Our Heart Gardens, a new social model Gaia gave me to give You -  6-8pm Pacific Time - let’s  talk channge