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11/28. We can’t continue to have corporations run roughshod over the planet when government can’t or won’t pass a law to stop it. The...
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Robert Hinkley
- Nov 27, 2023
- 2 min
Thought for the Day
11/27. Democracy is designed to protect people’s freedom. It allows the people and institutions it governs to engage in any behaviour...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 26, 2023
- 1 min
Thought for the Day
Yesterday, I revealed that it’s a law (as opposed to greed) which keeps the directors of big corporations from stopping their company’s...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 25, 2023
- 1 min
Thought for the Day
11/25. Under the law, boards of directors are elected to be responsible for managing corporations. They elect the company’s officers and...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 24, 2023
- 1 min
Thought for the Day
Photo by Richard Miller 11/24. It’s not greed. We tend to think companies continue to emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) because their...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 23, 2023
- 1 min
Thought for the Day
23 November 2023 COP28. Doesn’t the 28 say it all? So far 27 COPs have failed and there is little indication so far that 28 (starting...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 22, 2023
- 1 min
Thought for the Day
Has anyone else wondered why the climate movement has been so unsuccessful at stopping the global emission of greenhouse gases despite...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 20, 2023
- 6 min
The Shoalhaven Declaration
Seven Mile Beach, City of Shoalhaven, NSW Australia The Shoalhaven Declaration to Stop Corporate Contributions to Global Warming 17...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 20, 2023
- 3 min
Removing the Threat of Climate Change
An Introduction to The Shoalhaven Declaration By Robert C. Hinkley,* 20 November 2023 Today, governments all over the world are failing...
Robert Hinkley
- Aug 15, 2023
- 6 min
ESG: MAKING IT THE LAW
15 August 2023 In September 1970 the New York Times printed a soon to be famous op-ed by future Nobel Prize winning economist, Milton...
Robert Hinkley
- Aug 8, 2023
- 3 min
A Call For Help
Photo by Richard Miller By Robert C. Hinkley 7 August 2023 New laws are usually passed to prohibit behaviour by some that severely harms...
Robert Hinkley
- Jul 15, 2023
- 1 min
Round Table on Corporate Citizenship
Earlier this week I participated in a Round Table on Corporate Citizenship Hosted by Nico Heller of the Democracy School where we...
Robert Hinkley
- Jun 17, 2023
- 4 min
Closing the Citizenship Gap
Photo Credit: Brett Jordan By Robert C. Hinkley June 16, 2023 We should be concerned, but not surprised, by the recently exposed lack of...
Robert Hinkley
- May 30, 2023
- 13 min
Corporations Need a Moral Compass
by Robert C. Hinkley[i] 29 May 2023 “It’s time to recognize democracies can’t always pass new laws protecting us from destructive...
Robert Hinkley
- May 4, 2023
- 0 min
Robert Hinkley
- Apr 15, 2023
- 1 min
Pulse Radio (Geelong) Appearance
Here's a link to my appearance on The Sustainable Hour on Pulse Radio 94.7 (Geelong) this week. https://climatesafety.info/climaterevol...
Robert Hinkley
- Mar 25, 2023
- 6 min
Change the System
25 March 2023 CHANGE THE SYSTEM These eleven words will change the corporate system where it is most dangerous by ensuring that we never...
Robert Hinkley
- Mar 6, 2023
- 13 min
Corporate Design: A History
Big corporations thus become the worst kind of citizen—one armed with all the rights of citizenship but freed of its obligations. By...
Robert Hinkley
- Feb 26, 2023
- 4 min
Giving Corporations a Conscience
By Robert C. Hinkley 26 February 2023 Why is democratic government unable to protect us from a variety of severe harms inflicted by big...
Robert Hinkley
- Feb 3, 2023
- 4 min
Shared Commitment
By Robert C. Hinkley* 3 February 2023 “We learned last week that certain fossil fuel producers were fully aware in the 1970s that their...
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