To B or not to B? Smaller companies who were early adopters of B Corp standards worry that B Lab is now focusing on enlisting multinational brands like Nespresso, trying to get them to be “less bad” rather than transformationally “good”, writes Anjli Raval - Financial Times

🇬🇧 There are no less than 11 Brits playing (and 1 coach!) in Men's #MarchMadness: Find out who made the cut, and who you should be following as the NCAA Tournament is upon us ⤵️

In case it needed saying, further proof that BlackRock was indeed working on a Credit Suisse deal

We agree in full. 🧾 Addressing non-compliance requires monitoring and accountability. 🔖 Read more in the Lancet on our proposal to monitor the implementation of the pandemic accord bit.ly/lancettreaty

The global response to COVID-19 was a failure. This week's editorial in The Lancet Global Health explains how a #PandemicAccord can make a difference. It must focus on equity and accountability. More in this 🧵

🚨The EU has just released a document outlining its initial proposals for the #PandemicAccord draft. The document builds on the "zero draft" with annotations outlining the EU's proposals. It's a very promising start to next week's discussion in Geneva! More in this 🧵

A LITTLE BLOOD AND DANCING publishes in less than a month. Ariel Dumas thinks you’ll like it.

Must read investigation by the FT’s Josh Spero and Anjli Raval - the latest in a series of hard-hitting pieces by Financial Times reporters uncovering potential wrongdoing, abuse and sexual harassment by a powerful person. ft.com/content/1a03a1…

Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes. propublica.org/article/lord-o…

Struggling to figure out how 8 billionaires who want to replace workers with robots are losing the narrative to 10,000 professional storytellers and the 150,000 hottest people in the world

We cannot give up on the global pandemic treaty on.ft.com/46afver | opinion

First time in Dharamsala - doesn’t disappoint

Our joint comment in The Lancet is out #WorldMentalHealthDay! «Why cities matter for adolescent mental health and wellbeing» bit.ly/45raHAc With Elliot Hannon Sweetbert M Anselimus Being Stefan Germann Fondation Botnar Pattie Gonsalves Gigi Melendez Sangath

BMJ Global Health ⚠️Independent monitoring should: ✅review states’ adherence to legal obligations ✅triangulate self-reporting and peer review ✅be politically, financially, technically, and operationally independent of countries, WHO, and donors 🚨Read our analysis 👇🏼 bit.ly/indbmj

‘O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done..’

“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty. Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners),” Marty Baron said. “History will mark a disturbing chapter of

Confused about why losing USAID matters so much? Take it from Lindsey Graham — the agency is “a force for good, creating a great impression for our country, improving the lives of others, which is good foreign policy, good national security.”

💪Given the US withdrawal from the pandemic agreement negotiating process, Spark Street submitted a statement, asserting the importance of completing the process as a rebuttal to the current effort to dismantle institutions that promote and preserve health.

So much for clean AI, and this: "Unable to plug into Mexico’s limited electric grid, Microsoft uses gas generators in at least one of its data centers....other companies may follow in its footsteps." restofworld.org/2025/ai-energy…

📢Day 4 of the 2nd Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG2) to develop a Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing (PABS) Annex for the #pandemictreaty started with a short briefing on yesterday’s closed sessions. Co-chairs (Brazil, UK) updated relevant stakeholders on progress. 🧵