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Ownership Works is a documentary project in progress. It follows the journey of a major plastic manufacturer, Charter Next Generation, as the company transitions to a form of worker ownership. The project also follows the broader movement for giving all workers a stake in the value that their work creates.
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If you are interested in teaching the advantage of environmental sustainability, but you’re not a member, here are some publicly available resources we’d recommend:
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Podcast
Growing Good Business is a podcast showcasing forward-thinking business leaders who are re-creating the business paradigm to honor humanity and our planet’s life support systems. In each episode, we interview a business trailblazer to uncover how they went beyond philanthropy and traditional notions of corporate social responsibility to fundamentally re-examine their corporate practices, aligning them with the principles of social and environmental sustainability. Counterintuitively, these leaders financially outperform their peers and show us how we can succeed in business by cultivating a world that works for everyone. Hosted by Nathan Havey and Abby Schneider and recorded before a live audience, Growing Good Business is a collaboration between the Institute for Corporate Transformation and Regis University’s Sustainable Economic and Enterprise Development (SEED) Institute. Learn more and register to attend live recordings at: https://www.regis.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/anderson/seed-institute/growing-good-business
What's the secret to shrinking the wealth gap in the U.S. and transforming your employees’ lives? In this episode, Charter Next Generation (CNG) CEO Kathy Bolhous discusses how equity ownership can move companies from perpetuating wealth concentration to promoting wealth sharing, thereby disrupting generations of poverty. Want to learn more about the power of employee ownership? Check out the documentary trailer about CNG’s transformation.