Sunshine, Water, Windmills, and Mail
Sunshine, Water, Windmills, and Mail
EO+WD Weekend Newsletter, Vol. 58
Happy Saturday!
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New (and Potential) Employee Owned Companies
Texas consulting group Kellogg & Sovereign, NYC restaurant group Edible Beats, California aviation company Corporate Eagle, Pennsylvania rebar fabricator KRB Machinery investment bank Houlihan Capital are all now employee-owned through employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).
Seattle veterinarian Urban Animal is now a worker cooperative, and thinks other veterinarians should be, too.
Foundation-owned Raspberry Pi is making headlines as it moves towards going public.
Royal Mail considers an employee ownership model.
Think Pieces and Job Openings
Tiffany’s post introduces readers to three worker cooperatives: WaterBottle in Maryland, Sunshine Renewable Solutions in Texas, and Technology for All in California.
A new report from Bridgespan lists employee ownership as one of five strategies for closing the racial wealth gap, showcasing case studies and other data.
Business View Magazine profiles the impactful work of the Employee Ownership Expansion Network (EOX), emphasizing its role in promoting employee ownership across sectors.
Jay Standish and Charity May explore how shared ownership models can benefit “Anytown, USA.”
Oxfam released a one-page brief of recommendations for US policymakers (ours is here!).
Unity Partners lays out their pillars of ownership culture: communication, transparency, and accountability.
The ICA Group is hiring a Cooperative Business Consultant.
What’s Next
June 24: The Catholic Impact Investing Collaborative hosts Transform Finance and the Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund for The Evolving Landscape of Employee Ownership Investing: A Conversation for Investors and Investment Advisors
June 25: Common Trust’s panel with the CEOs of three purpose trust-owned manufacturing companies: Optimax, ACP International, and ShopBot Tools.
June 25: The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’s webinar on Values-Driven Governance Models
June 25: Kaiser Permanente and Project Equity’s webinar, Succession Planning and WO: Future-proofing Your Small Business
June 26: Common Trust’s forum on business succession, highlighting purpose trust-owned, Utah-based Clegg Auto.
July 24: The Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program hosts the Talent Pipeline Management Network for a conversation on worker voice
August 6-9: The Employee Ownership Foundation’s second annual Oxford Symposium
August 12: Can Co-ops help us survive climate change? Learn how cooperative business models contribute to sustainability efforts.
August 30: Dr. Hand will be presenting at the second annual Rutgers-Oxford Research Symposium
September 4: Aspen EOP and Workshop’s webinar, Seizing the Moment on Worker Rights: A Toolkit for Organizers and Practitioners
ICYMI
Forbes features Bob’s Red Mill and its commitment to securing its future through employee ownership, highlighting how this model fosters sustainability and continuity.
The Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy Research Cluster (EO+WD) is a joint project of UT-Arlington professor Mark Hand and students at UTA and SMU.