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Upstream 21 influences the B Corporation

NewsPublished June 21, 2010 at 10:57 pm No Comments

A little-known fact about Upstream 21 is that we influenced the thinking behind the original “B Corporation.” The founders of B Labs, the team behind the B Corporation phenomenon, gleaned some of their corporate charter strategy from Upstream 21 and Leslie Christian, Chair of the Board. Here’s a link to the Inc article from back in 2007 when B Corps were just a cool idea and Leslie was quoted. We’re thrilled that we were able to contribute a little bit to [...]

Social Finance From An Investor’s Perspective: Fourth in a Series

NewsPublished June 15, 2010 at 10:21 pm No Comments

Leslie Christian, our Board Chair, also serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of RSF Social Finance, and has contributed a series of fantastic essays about impact investing in the 21st Century. This fourth essay of the series provides three investment strategies to respond to ecological limits and their associated risks to our economy: Ecological Carpetbagging Global Good Transition to Community Interestingly, most socially responsible investing vehicles (SRI) would fall into the second category, which is better than the [...]