Governance / Law
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B. Lorraine Smith
I am a writer, speaker, corporate mischievist, and generally curious student of life. I change minds (most often, my own), casting a dubious eye on the line between work and play. I hold a vision of a future where all industry is a force for healing and any exceptions compost themselves into history...
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New legal form recognizes companies with purpose
"The Congress of Deputies has witnessed today the announcement of a political agreement for the creation of the legal figure -Common Benefit and Interest Societies (SBIC)- that recognizes in Spain the companies that generate a social and environmental benefit, in addition to an economic return. The...
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Geneva is experimenting with the micro-farm method
Article explains a microfarming approach in Geneva, Switzerland and its ability to produce healthy organic food within the city on a plot of just 0.2 hectares. Privately financed for the moment, the articles notes that federal legislation supporting agriculture does not apply to such understakings...
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EU Circular Economy Action Plan
The continued elaboration of this aspect of the Green New Deal illustrates the importance of goverments in setting a common groundwork for transparency, standards, and reporting.
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The vital role of nature-based solutions in a nature positive economy
The European Commission Directorate-General for Research & Innovation has just released a new independent expert report on the role of nature-based solutions in the transition towards a nature positive economy.
This report is a first step in addressing knowledge gaps in the potential economic...
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Main Street Journal
This newsletter, published every other Thursday, will expand the audience, reach, and power of the emerging local investment movement in the United States. We believe that shifting even a small fraction of the tens of trillions Americans have invested in Wall Street, to local businesses, projects...