2023 Lane Reports

Are the Culture Wars Coming for Your Pension?
Friday, December 1, 2023
Are the Culture Wars Coming for Your Pension? By Jeremy Kritt Over the course of 2023, a legislative battle began to take shape in state legislatures regarding what’s known as ESG investing, with one of the key disagreements being over the use of ESG factors in investing public funds. ESG is an acronym that stands for “environmental, social...
Driving Positive Social Change Through Academic Innovation: A Fireside Chat
Monday, October 2, 2023
Driving Positive Social Change Through Academic Innovation: A Fireside Chat Social Enterprise Chicago cordially invites you to Marc Lane's fireside chat with Dr. TJ Augustine, UIC's Vice Chancellor for Innovation, at Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, on November 2nd at 5:00 p.m. Please join us as we explore how propelling academic...
Driving Positive Social Change Through Equitable Healthcare Reform: A Fireside Chat
Friday, September 1, 2023
DRIVING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE REFORM: A FIRESIDE CHAT Social Enterprise Chicago is thrilled to invite you to Marc Lane’s fireside chat with University of Chicago Provost Katherine Baicker on October 4th at 5:00 pm at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. They will explore how together we can create...
In Retirement It’s All About Dividends
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
In Retirement It’s All About Dividends By Kenneth N. Green, CPA, MBA Ever since the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and until this past year, the interest rates on high-quality fixed income securities have been paltry. The best way that retired investors have been able to obtain the income necessary to maintain their lifestyles has been through...
Electronic Wills … and Now Electronic Trusts – New Legislation in Illinois
Monday, July 3, 2023
Electronic Wills … and Now Electronic Trusts – New Legislation in Illinois The Illinois General Assembly just passed a bill to authorize various types of estate planning documents to be created and signed in electronic formats. By way of background, the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act (“EWRWA”) was enacted in 2021, as a...
Driving Positive Social Change Through Equitable Healthcare Reform: a Fireside Chat
Thursday, June 1, 2023
DRIVING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE REFORM: A FIRESIDE CHAT Social Enterprise Chicago is thrilled to invite you to Marc Lane’s fireside chat with University of Chicago Provost Katherine Baicker. Please join us at 5 p.m. on June 28th at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, as Marc Lane and Katherine...
What It Takes to Become a Benefit Corporation – and Why
Monday, May 1, 2023
The April Lane Report provided a brief introduction to Benefit Corporations as a tool that, among its other attributes, enables a business to signal to the public that it prioritizes corporate responsibility and sustainability. Benefit corporations are a recognized legal entity form in the majority of states, though the specific details discussed below may...
Declaring Yourself as a B Corp or Benefit Corporation
Monday, April 3, 2023
Conscious consumerism -- the practice of making purchasing decisions that one believes will have a positive social, economic, or environmental impact -- has become one of the most significant market forces of the 21st century. Consumers, particularly young consumers, are increasingly considering a company’s environmental and social impact when making...
“VIRTUOUS TRUSTS” DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY!
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
By Marc J. Lane Corporate sustainability is key to successfully tackling the human, social, economic and environmental challenges of our times. Yet, short-sighted business models, misaligned incentives and anachronistic legal structures continue to place an outsized and unjustified priority on profits. Take, for example, the market-based solutions often...
Community Land Trusts Build Sustainable Communities!
Monday, January 2, 2023
By Jeremy Kritt A community land trust is a community-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that acquires ownership of land and stewards that land on behalf of the community by retaining permanent ownership of it. Community land trusts can be utilized for a variety of purposes but are most commonly implemented as platforms for affordable housing. Unlike...

Announcing Marc J. Lane's 35th Book:

The Mission-Driven Venture: Business Solutions to the World's Most Vexing Social Problems

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