Business and Human Rights
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights names 2022 Ripple of Hope Award laureates
Tags Share New York, NY, July 6, 2022 —Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 Ripple of Hope Awards: Frank Baker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Siris, and Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America. The laureates will be honored on Tuesday, December…
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Kim, Gurtz take on the importance of security and tangible ESG goals at RFK Compass Keynote
Tags Share What do an Uber driver, a chief pension investment officer, and a private equity investor all have in common? A profound appreciation for security, not just for themselves, but for others. Yup S. Kim and David Gurtz, who headlined Wednesday’s keynote address at the RFK Compass Summer Investors Conference Wednesday afternoon at the…
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Action-packed RFK Compass Investors Conference draws to a close Wednesday
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ three-day Compass Investors Summer Conference drew to a close Wednesday, another action-packed day, that included a fireside chat on navigating economic and political risks and featuring Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Federated Hermes, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Affairs, Beth Van Schaack. “We face extraordinary challenges at this moment,…
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Socos Labs co-founder Vivienne Ming: A.I. is a ‘tool with which we can understand ourselves’
Tags Share Vivienne Ming, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ newest board member, says she’s grateful to be at a place in her career where she gets to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. For fun, that is – and for free. The Socos Labs co-founder realized that, over years of work and sweat, artificial…
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‘This is the moment’: Why ending subminimum wage will help protect the dignity of workers
Tags Share Allen, a restaurant worker in Brooklyn, dreams of a day he can earn a stable wage and work in an industry no longer rife with sexual harassment, abuse, and discrimination by customers and fellow employees, he told nearly 300 attendees at the Robert F. Kennedy Compass Investors Summer Conference. That’s a goal more…
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Address at San Francisco, CA
Tags Share It is clear by now that 1968 will go down as the year the new politics of the next decade or more begin. It is the year when the existing political wisdom had proven unable to cope with the turbulence of our times, inspire our young people, or provide answers to problems we…
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A Holiday Reflection for White America: Citizens Union
Tags Share Long ago it was written that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Now we approach the season which, in every year, we mark our higher purpose and our common humanity. In this year, this season is also a time to pause and a time…
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Speech at the Borough President’s Conference of Community Leaders
Tags Share Since the dawn of their freedom a century ago, Negro Americans have been advised to “cast down your bucket where you are.” But those who offered this advice too often did not bother to look at whether its recipient was standing by a river of opportunity—or in the midst of a desert from…
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RFK Compass Investors 2022 SXSW Conference
Tags Share “Every asset class has been leveraged in the growth of mass incarceration and every asset class must be a part of decarceration. We are asking investors to align their capital with our values.” –Christina Hollenback The RFK Compass Investors team successfully hosted its very first panel at SXSW in Austin Texas on March…
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RFK Compass Investors Applauds NY State Common Retirement Fund for Supporting Ending the Subminimum Wage
Tags Share At an October 19 investor and legislator briefing co-hosted by RFK Compass Investors in New York City, Tom DiNapoli, New York State comptroller, shared the actions the New York State Common Retirement Fund is taking to end the subminimum wage as part of a coalition effort calling for One Fair Wage. The fund…
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Key takeaways from our Compass Investors fall summit
Tags Share Fair wages: On the precipice of historic change Restaurant workers who have suffered for decades under the federal subminimum wage of $2.13 per hour may be about to get some relief. Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, told summit attendees that “we’re on the precipice of historic change” when it comes to…
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