http://www.cchange.net Covering the transformations to social, environment and economic sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Change Radio covers the transformations to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Change is accelerating in positive and negative directions: the clock is ticking in the race to see which will tip first—the problems or the solutions. Join Sea Change's Host, Alex Wise, as he provides in-depth analysis to help our audience understand possible remedies and potential pitfalls. Sea Change interviews sustainability experts including Paul Hawken, Stewart Brand, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Lester Brown, and many others. Sea Change airs on over 30 radio stations around the country. Alex Wise clean Alex Wise awise@cchange.net awise@cchange.net (Alex Wise) 2007-2011 Making Connections for Sustainability Sustainability, Climate Change, Human Rights, Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Accountability, Stakeholders, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, Wealth Divide http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/cwr-images-archive/SeaChangeRadioTAG_square144_sm.jpg http://www.cchange.net Weekly http://www.cchange.net/2009/08/05/home-home-on-the-web-advancing-business-human-rights-in-the-digital-world/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/08/05/home-home-on-the-web-advancing-business-human-rights-in-the-digital-world/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:09:55 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=1508 http://www.cchange.net/2009/08/05/home-home-on-the-web-advancing-business-human-rights-in-the-digital-world/feed/ 0 http://www.cchange.net/2009/02/25/trends-wikis-for-human-rights/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/02/25/trends-wikis-for-human-rights/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:58:40 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=593 http://www.cchange.net/2009/02/25/trends-wikis-for-human-rights/feed/ 0 BASESwiki,Caroline Rees,corporate social responsibility,Harvard,Harvard Kennedy School,human rights,John Ruggie,judicial dispute resolution,United Nations Sea Change Radio looks at the trend of corporate social responsibility using Web 2.0 tools.  In this case, a wiki -- BASESwiki, specifically (BASES stands for Business and Society Exploring Solutions.)  The project was spearheaded by Caroline Rees of t... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/carolinerees.jpg) Sea Change Radio looks at the trend of corporate social responsibility using Web 2.0 tools.  In this case, a wiki -- BASESwiki (http://www.baseswiki.org/En), specifically (BASES stands for Business and Society Exploring Solutions.)  The project was spearheaded by Caroline Rees (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/caroline-rees) of the Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/CSRI/).  She collaborates there with Professor John Ruggie (http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/john-ruggie), who is also the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative).  Working on BASESwiki as part of Ruggie's team, Rees seeks to leverage the democratic, interactive power of a wiki to gather information on non-judicial dispute resolution at the intersection of business and human rights.   Translated into English, that's companies, governments, and others working with human rights abuse victims to find solutions outside the courtroom.  Sea Change Radio Co-Host Bill Baue speaks with Rees about  non-judicial dispute resolution, and why her team chose to use a Web 2.0 application to address this issue. Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/19/blog-top-corporate-social-responsibility-news-of-2008/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/19/blog-top-corporate-social-responsibility-news-of-2008/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:53:49 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=419 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/19/blog-top-corporate-social-responsibility-news-of-2008/feed/ 1 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:32:28 +0000 Francesca Rheannon http://www.cchange.net/?p=330 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/investing-in-sustainability/feed/ 1 Cary Krosinky,corporate governance,HSBC,human rights,interfaith center on corporate responsibility,John Ruggie,Nick Robins,responsible investing,Shareholder Engagement,shareowner activism,social investment forum,Sustainable Business Today, Sea Change Radio talks with Nick Robins of HSBC and Cary Krosinsky of Trucost about their book, Sustainable Investing.  We also visit the Responsible Investing Forum, produced in association with the Social Investment Forum, (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nickrobins-150x150.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/carykrosinsky-150x150.jpg)Today, Sea Change Radio talks with Nick Robins of HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/home) and Cary Krosinsky of Trucost (http://www.trucost.com/) about their book, Sustainable Investing (http://amapedia.amazon.com/view/Sustainable+Investing:+The+Art+of+Long+Term+Performance+(Environmental+Markets+Insights+Series)/id=930674).  We also visit the Responsible Investing Forum (http://www.iievents.com/event_details.asp?eventID=708518&expired=true), produced in association with the Social Investment Forum (http://www.socialinvest.org/), where we speak with Tim Smith of Walden Asset Management (http://www.waldenassetmgmt.com/) about shareowner activism and hear the excerpts from the keynote (http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-address-to-Responsible-Invest-Forum-12-Jan-2009.pdf) of John Ruggie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie), the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative). People have long considered the impact of their financial transactions on society and the planet. In the 1970s, the launch of the Pax World Balanced Fund formalized SRI, and the field has grown to where now, one in nine dollars is invested using SRI.  But as the world continues to change, so too does the SRI field.  In 2007, Joe Keefe and Julie Gorte of Pax World coined the term "sustainable investing" to describe a process based less on values, and more on the value created by investing in a sustainable world.  In our conversation with Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins, we explore the distinctions and commonalities between SRI and sustainable investing. Francesca Rheannon clean http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/john-ruggie-on-business-and-human-rights/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/john-ruggie-on-business-and-human-rights/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:29:13 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=349 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/14/john-ruggie-on-business-and-human-rights/feed/ 0 human rights,John Ruggie,Labor Rights,United Nations The mandate of John Ruggie as the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, first extended by the UN Human Rights Council in 2005, was recently extended another three years.  We hear excerpts today from Ruggie's keynote addres... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/johnruggie-120x150.jpg) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie) The mandate of John Ruggie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruggie) as the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Gettingstarted/UNSpecialRepresentative), first extended by the UN Human Rights Council (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/) in 2005, was recently extended another three years.  We hear excerpts today from Ruggie's keynote (http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Ruggie-address-to-Responsible-Invest-Forum-12-Jan-2009.pdf) address earlier this week at the Responsible Investing Forum (http://www.iievents.com/event_details.asp?eventID=708518&expired=true), which will post the complete talk on its website in the near future. Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/10/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-turns-60/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/10/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-turns-60/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:15:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/10/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-turns-60/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/12/10/universal-declaration-of-human-rights-turns-60/feed/ 0 Annabel Short,Arvind Ganesan,Harvard,human rights,Human Rights Watch,John Ruggie,jon weissman,Sustainable Public Policy,United Nations,universal declaration of human rights On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, calling on member country governments to promote the UDHR. Now, on the Declaration’s 60th anniversary, responsibility for promoting human rights protections ha... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/UDHR60_page_logo.gif)On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, calling on member country governments to promote the UDHR. Now, on the Declaration’s 60th anniversary, responsibility for promoting human rights protections has expanded to include the business community. The UN codified this link in 2005 when it issued a mandate for a Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, and this year it extended the appointment of Harvard Professor John Ruggie to the post for another three years. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Annabel-Short.jpg)The year 2005 also saw the launch of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre as a web platform covering both positive and negative news on corporate conduct around human rights. Today, we speak with Annabel Short, Head of Programme at the Resource Centre, about its innovative work promoting improvements in companies' policies and practices on human rights. Annabel Short of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Aboutus/Biosofstaff#8923) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Policies) UDHR 60th Anniversary (http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/udhr60/) In October, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre launched the world's first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies. We caught up with the Resource Centre's Head of Research Greg Regaignon (http://www.business-humanrights.org/Aboutus/Biosofstaff#5183) from its California offices to describe the Corporate Legal Accountability Portal. Listen to the complete interview with Greg Regaignon (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/GregRegaignon.mp3) Corporate Legal Accountability Portal (http://www.business-humanrights.org/microsites/Portal/Home) CWR News Analysis -- Labor Rights are Human Rights --Wall Street Journal: "When Will That Bailout Money Trickle Down Exactly?" --Jobs with Justice: People's Bailout Week (http://www.jwj.org/bailout/index.html) --Coalition of Immokalee Workers Press Release: "Subway Signs Agreement with CIW to Improve Tomato Harvester Wages, Working Conditions in Florida" (http://www.ciw-online.org/CIW_Subway_joint_press_release.html) --International Labor Rights Forum Press Release: "Working for Scrooge -- 5 Worst Companies for the Right to Associate" (http://www.laborrights.org/end-violence-against-trade-unions/resources/1871) --Listen to the complete interview with Jon Weissman of Jobs with Justice (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/JonWeissman.mp3) CWR ViewPoint -- Mandatory Human Rights Regulations for Companies (http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/12462) (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/arvind_ganesan_web-150x150.jpg)We’re excited about our new commentary partnership with Human Rights Watch. We inaugurate this collaboration today with the opinion of HRW’s director of the Business and Human Rights Program Arvind Ganesan (http://www.hrw.org/en/bios/arvind-ganesan). Bill Baue clean 29:00