Robert Kinloch "Bob" Massie IV (born August 17, 1956) is an American activist, author, clergyman and early pioneer in the fields of corporate accountability, finance, sustainability, and climate change.

He has created or led several organizations, including Ceres,[1] the Global Reporting Initiative, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, the New Economy Coalition and the Sustainable Solutions Lab.

The development of more affordable and easily administered blood factors greatly improved Massie's care but his childhood joint damage was not reversible.

Massie himself eventually contracted HIV and Hepatitis from tainted blood transfusions before effective screening was put in place.

[13] He took one year off from his theological studies to work for Ralph Nader at Congress Watch, where he was the research director for a project called Big Business Day, which took place on April 17, 1980.

In 1993 Massie received a Senior Fulbright Research Award to spend time in South Africa,[18] where he taught at the University of Cape Town.

It won the Lionel Gelber Prize for the Best Book on International Relations in 1998 and was reviewed favorably across the United States, including the New York Times.

[21] From 1996 to 2003 Massie served as the executive director of Ceres,[22] a coalition of environmental groups and institutional investors in the United States.

[23] In 1998, in partnership with the United Nations and major U.S. foundations, he co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with Allen White.

In 2022 Massie gave the opening address in New York City at a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Global Reporting Initiative.

He subsequently was invited to serve as a senior strategic advisor to the current chief executive, Eelco van der Enden.

He also has been releasing his writings, including "Fading to White" - a 100-page essay on his relationship with his father, on a Patreon site, Bob Massie's Workshop.

Seventeen years later, in January 2011, Massie embarked on a short campaign for the United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2012.

In June 2009, Massie received a liver transplant, in a procedure performed at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, which cured not only his hepatitis C, but also his hemophilia.

In 1997 Massie married Anne Tate, an architect and professor at Rhode Island School of Design, with whom he has a daughter, Katherine (b.