Bennett Freeman

Bennett Freeman is a consultant for multinational corporations on international labor and human rights. He was formerly a senior VP at Calvert Investments and was deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor in the Clinton administration.

  • A person shops at a supermarket in Moscow on April 6, 2022. – Russia said on April 6 it had been forced to make foreign debt payments on dollar-denominated bonds in rubles, in a new blow to its efforts to avoid a sovereign default amid unprecedented Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Over 300 U.S. companies still operate in Russia–and risk being complicit in the Kremlin’s war crimes

    By Bennett Freeman and Nataliia Popovych
  • TOPSHOT – Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a social advertisement billboard showing Z letters – a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine and reading “Victory is being Forged in Fire” in central Moscow on October 13, 2022. – Five Russians drafted to fight in Ukraine, as part of the “partial” mobilization ordered in September, died after joining the army, authorities said, as similar announcements have multiplied in recent days. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    Russia’s Putin is forcing foreign-owned companies to participate in his conscription campaign. It’s time to get out

    By Nataliya Popovych and Bennett Freeman
  • An election official wearing a protective mask and gloves places a mail-in ballot in a drop box at an early voting polling location for the 2020 Presidential election in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The Biden campaign and its supporters have booked $15.4 million worth of media advertising on Oct. 19, compared with $6 million booked by the Trump campaign and its backers, according to data by ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics. Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    More CEOs must stand up to protect our democracy

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