High Meadows Institute is a Boston-based think tank and policy institute focused on the role of business leadership in creating a sustainable society.
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Who we are
We are a Boston-based policy institute focused on strengthening the role of business leadership in creating a sustainable society.
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We conduct research, lead programs and develop frameworks to increase private sector contribution in addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
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Three key challenges in today’s global economic system underpin our work. Find out more about these challenges and how we are working to address them.
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So you think you know your supply chain?
For all the sophistication of today’s international supply chains, a grave and ugly problem lurks in their darkest corners. As this report details, forced labor and other forms of worker abuse remain a shockingly common feature of the global economy.
The persistence of the problem, decades after multinational companies came under pressure to eliminate it from their supply chains, is a harsh reflection of their failure to do so. But other stakeholders have a powerful role to play, too.
Investors are starting to apply a welcome whip hand to corporate leaders who fail to take this issue seriously. Tough new laws and regulations have been coming into force – and some national authorities are becoming increasingly energetic when it comes to enforcing them.
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From ESG Integration (Sustainable Finance 2.0) to Impact (Sustainable Finance 3.0)
HMI President & CEO Chris Pinney tracks the evolution of sustainable finance and introduces our latest report, Sustainability in Capital Markets: ESG Integration and Impact.
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Accountable Sustainability
Steve Lydenberg of The Investment Integration Project explores how the creation of the ISSB paves the way for greater sustainability accountability and new standards for social and environmental data disclosure.
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Mobilizing a Just Climate Transition – Emerging Topics for Investors
Our latest briefing notes examines emerging topics for investors as they navigate the evolving climate transition space against a backdrop of cross-sectoral collaboration, justice, and regeneration.
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Beyond ESG: Corporate Activism and Moral Leadership
HMI President & CEO Chris Pinney looks at the new ways business leaders are stepping up to moral and political challenges of the 21st century and where they still need to go.
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Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters
Jon Lukomnik and James P. Hawley offer a bold critique of Modern Portfolio Theory and propose a new imperative to improve finance’s ability to fulfill its twin main purposes: providing adequate returns to individuals and directing capital to where it is needed in the economy.
21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change
William Burckart and Steve Lydenberg explore how investment has evolved since the 20th century and how institutions and individuals can go beyond conventional and sustainable investing to address complex problems such as income inequality and climate change on a deep, systemic level.