“Benefit Corporations,” But For Whose Benefit?

April 29, 2010

If you own a business, you get to do what you want with it. If you don’t own it, you don’t — unless the business is organized in Maryland. A new law in that state allows corporate decision-makers to commit their companies to various social and environmental goals, even when those commitments interfere with earning profits for shareholders. By becoming certified “benefit corporations,” companies in Maryland can exempt themselves from …

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Where Are The Bats?

June 26, 2009

Our bats are missing in action. The small clearing behind our Vermont vacation house is a neighborhood diner for little brown bats, the area’s most common species. Two to six of the creatures customarily show up at dusk every spring and summer evening, doing their part to keep a lid on the local population of flying insects. A little brown bat can eat its own weight in bugs every night. …

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