Category: Business And Economy

Business And Economy

Has Patagonia defined a new gold standard for business

Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard made headlines recently with the decision to give his family’s $3 billion company, and its future profits, to the fight against climate change. In his words, “Earth is now the company’s only shareholder.”

Climate policy advocates celebrated the decision. Each year, $100 million in company profits will go to the Holdfast Collective, a U.S. nonprofit working

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Business And Economy

Adding COVID-19 to ‘designated diseases’ could boost vaccine

My research includes the moral and legal aspects and policy implications of childhood vaccination. COVID-19’s effects on children has an impact on that research. And these effects appear to be changing, making the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children more urgent.

Early in the pandemic, evidence suggested children generally avoided severe COVID-19 infections. That rosier picture is now

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