Fashion Industry’s 4 Largest Women’s-Empowerment Programs ‘RISE’ to Scale Impact

Tommy MalettaGlobal Citizen, Beyond GDP, Latest Headlines

SUSTAINABLE BRANDS RISE will build on the proven approaches and expertise of the four founding organizations, delivered through a growing network of local partners in Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Egypt and Pakistan. BSR’s HERproject, Gap Inc’s P.A.C.E. program, CARE and Better Work have joined forces for a new initiative called RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality in order …

DealBook: All or nothing?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen, Beyond GDP

Shades of gray As Western governments ratchet up their economic punishments against Russia after it invaded Ukraine, the corporate world has paused or pulled out of operations there. But as the list of companies quitting Russia grows by the day, differences in the degree of disconnection are spurring debate. Companies that have paused operations …

Press conference on 15 March: No to Nature Based Solutions!

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP, Latest Headlines

“Ethical Markets agrees with the need to expose all use of “offsets” and carbon credits by corporations as promises to reach “net zero“ while continuing to produce fossil fuels.  As our friends at Focus on the Global South document, some of these promised “offsets” (promising to save a natural area somewhere else …