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| What Matters to Sustainability Managers in 2015?
The market has evolved significantly over the years and it’s now time to determine what more is needed to elevate efforts! GRI Partners, ISOS and Governance & Accountability Institute are teaming up to examine what sustainability topics, issues, and concerns are on the minds of managers – helping to guide the Sustainability function inside leading organizations today. If you are a manager inside an organization working in the Sustainability function of your organization we are looking for you to participate in our first ever “Sustainability Managers Market Survey”. The survey is only 15 questions and should not take more than 20 minutes of your time to complete. In exchange for participation, there are a few perks you may be interested in:
Sustainability Managers please access the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MD73HGD In addition to benefitting from receiving an overview of the findings, the general public will be able to access a feature story published after on what all of this means for the next generation of sustainability practitioners! |
Check It Out… G&A Institute Sustainability Update™Informative, insightful, thought provoking The Governance & Accountability Instituteblog focusing on the sustainable world evolving daily before our eyes. Read it, absorb it, question it and challenge. G&A’s Sustainability Update™ Movers & Shakers in Shareholder Activism — Watch the 2015 Proxy Season and ICCR _______________________________ Governance & Accountability Institute Research Reports
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_______________________________ Many Reasons to Contact It is always helpful to know what peers and competitors are doing in certain practices — what are the best practices of investment and industry peers in terms of transparency, disclosure and structured reporting on their sustainability performance? What story do peers tell of their sustainability journey — the strategies adopted, internal organization for success, implemented programs and initiatives, the third party recognitions they earned? What is the story being told through their disclosures and reporting of the success of the sustainability journey? Learn more About G&A’s Competitive Benchmarking Analysis _______________________________ Corporate ESG Performance Factors & SustainabilityHQ Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental issues and impacts, the company’s positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and important aspects of corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are considered by investors as proxies for effective governance and management. Increasing numbers of of independent research and financial analysis firms monitor and measure these and advisie investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled and monitored by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we provide some results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news. The Associated Profiles indicated are in our Sustainability HQ™ platforms. For more information, please email us at info@sustainabilityhq.com
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6 Trends That Will Drive Better Board Oversight in 2015 Sustainability in Focus What does 2015 hold for sustainability? Who Needs Cars’ Smart Mobility Can Make Cities Sustainable World Bank Uses Innovative Solution to Highlight Sustainability Indicators Leadership for Sustainability: It’s About Boards New Sustainability Research by MIT Sloan Management Review, The Boston Consulting Group, and the UN Global Compact Sees Collaboration and Board Engagement as Critical to Sustainability Success Wal-Mart ratchets up sustainability expectations Banning Styrofoam, Managing Our Waste, and Promoting Sustainability 2014: The Year Cities Took Center Stage on Sustainability Sustainability Reports Should Have Nothing To Do With CSR Sustainability and Business Ethics Beef Industry Groups Meet to Discuss Sustainability but Leave with a Marketing Plan ESG Issues & Players Dimon warns breaking up JPMorgan would hurt US financial power New Study Identifies How Cities Can Cut Energy Use by 25% by 2050 We are the last generation that can fight climate change. We have a duty to act Why the next world war will be fought over food Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds California Pension System Sees Funding Level Climb to 77 Percent Malaysian sovereign fund repatriates billions from Cayman Islands Sustainable Investment Firms Offer Guide to Fossil Fuel Investing Watching the Watchers KEY PARTNERS OVERVIEW / MISSION BACKGROUND News Sweeps Higher levels of antioxidants found in organic tomatoes, study 9 Food Poisoning Myths UK’s Ploughshare Seeks to Outlicense One-Step DNA Recovery Method for Downstream PCR Analysis |
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| SustainabilityHQ Highlights is prepared by the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. based on continuous monitoring of trends and developments in Sustainability and ESG. Click here for more information on the Governance & Accountability Institute’s SustainabilityHQ resources. The SustainabilityHQ™ platform is available by subscription.
Governance & Accountability Instiute is the “Sustainability Headquarters™” for clients in the corporate, investment, public and social sectors. Based in New York, G&A is a for-profit consulting organization providing a range of value-added strategies, services and resources related to ESG & sustainability to clients in the corporate and capital markets communities. The G&A services portfolio includes: SustainabilityHQ™ is managed and published by Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. |
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What Matters to Sustainability Managers in 2015? (January 22, 2015)
January 22, 2015
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