Tech Leaders – Are They Good Corporate Citizens? Microsoft and Other Firms Address the Needs of Their Employee New Parents – And One Positive Signal is Sent

September 10, 2018

Demonstrations of Corporate Citizenship are steadily on the rise – Microsoft is today’s example of the corporate body being a responsible corporate citizen with new requirements in its sourcing and supply chain activities. The top Silicon Valley companies are in the vanguard of stock market appreciation – that is, for… Read More

Second in the Series: A BIG YEAR SHAPING UP, 2018 – Developments in Corporate Sustainability / Responsibility & in Sustainable Investing in 1Q

March 30, 2018

Update -- on First Quarter 2018 ESG / Sustainable Investment Developments Continuing our commentary on the theme suggested by MSCI's Linda Eiling Lee of Volume and Velocity in 2018 (of change) – current developments have been signalling dramatic and rapid changes in sustainable investing and corporate sustainability in the First Quarter… Read More

ISS Unveils New Corporate “E” and “S” QualityScores For 1,500 Companies

February 8, 2018

New Corporate “E” and “S” QualityScores For 1,500 Companies Are In Addition to the Core “G” Score for Corporate Governance For Investors / Fiduciaries... More “big news” for both corporate sustainability officers and sustainable investment professionals at the start of 2018: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which began operations in the… Read More

“PROOF OF CONCEPT” FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTING? Barron’s Weighs In With Inaugural List of Top 100 Sustainable Companies

February 7, 2018

We're thinking - Dramatic “Proof of Concept” for Sustainable Investing? The Influential Barron’s Publication Continues Its Focus on Sustainable Investing, Names the Inaugural Roster of "The Top 100 Sustainable Companies -- Big Corporations With The Best ESG Policies Have Been Beating the Stock Market." Barron’s, owned by the Dow Jones… Read More

A BIG YEAR, 2018 – For Developments in Corporate Sustainability & Sustainable Investing…the Two Halves of the Great “Whole” of The New Norms of Capitalism

January 25, 2018

Volume and Velocity: These may well be the key characteristics of developments in corporate sustainability and in sustainable investing in the year 2018 -- MSCI and BlackRock Setting the Pace... Bigger, faster, more...this is how Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of Research for MSCI’s ESG Research Group and her colleague Matt… Read More

THE UNIVERSE OF ESG RANKERS SERVING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR CLIENTS EXPANDS to Include a Significant Player: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)

January 16, 2018

ISS’ Traditional Corporate Governance Focus Expanding to Encompass Environmental & Social QualityScores for Roughly 1,500 Public Companies Coming in January…And Expanding to 5,000 Issuers in Q2 A significant new player is now entering the universe of the growing number of third-party organizations providing institutional investors with ESG rankings and data… Read More

INVESTORS AND THE SDGS — AND YOUR COMPANY. How Are Investors Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate the Performance of Public Companies?

January 12, 2018

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by 193 nation-members of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. There are 17 goals and 169 “subsets” or targets. To achieve the goals over time (out to the 2030 target date), collaboration among investors, companies, governments, the UN system, other multilateral… Read More

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: Sustainability Disclosure — Issuer Business Model, Board Oversight, and Compliance Responsibilities for Corporate Management, Boards & External Auditors

January 4, 2018

The American Bar Association, the largest legal trade organization with over 400,000 members worldwide, in more than 3,500 entities. ABA has long been a leader in promoting more effective corporate governance and rule of law, focusing attention on the challenges of global climate change, environmental pollution, renewable energy, sustainable development,… Read More

2018 INVESTOR-CORPORATE DIALOGUE: Human Drugs In The Ag & Food Sectors. Rising Antibiotic Resistance. Factory Farming. “Food” Industry Issues Colliding in the 2018 Investor-Corporate Dialogue and Proxy Voting Season

December 13, 2017

Consumers are very interested in “what” is in their food (including additives); "how" it was prepared (“industrial farming” is a rising criticism message of activists); and "if" the food was genetically modified or pharmaceuticals were used all along the food value chain. One issue coming into sharper focus is the… Read More

Credit Rater Moody’s Investor Services To Examine Government Sector Response to Climate Change Challenges – the Ripple Effect on the Corporate Sector

December 2, 2017

Credit Rater Moody’s Investor Services To Examine Government Sector Response to Climate Change Challenges – the Ripple Effect on the Corporate Sector Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. is one of the Big Three of credit rating agencies for governments and corporations. Part of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO), the service issues ratings and… Read More

FROM OEKOM RESEARCH: Global Companies Pay Close Attention to Third Party Sustainability Rankings, Ratings — And Adjust Strategies Accordingly

November 21, 2017

Issue 4.1 It's a question often raised by boards and senior executives, posed to the management team members: What is the impact, if any, of third-party sustainability rating agencies on our position in the capital markets? Oekom, the global sustainability research organization, has been asking that question annually since 2013. And… Read More

CDP’S GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PROGRAM: Making a Difference For Member Companies, Their Global Supply Chain Partners — and Key Investors

October 19, 2017

Issue 3.4 "The New World Order" and Your Company's Global Supply Chain Responsibility Today, we often speak of "globalization" and "global sourcing" and so on without much thought about how we got here -- it is encouraging to see what a growing number of companies are doing to "more responsibly manage"… Read More

SEC Proposes Important Amendments to “Reg FD” – Many Changes Are in the Wind — But Corporate ESG Disclosure Is Not Addressed by the Agency…

October 12, 2017

October 11, 2017 - Important news for your company out of Washington DC from the Securities & Exchange Commission - On Corporate Disclosure and Reporting -- "Reforms" Proposed We've been watching and waiting since Spring 2016 to see what the Securities & Exchange Commission may be thinking about or doing regarding the possible revamping of… Read More

The Authoritative Barron’s Magazine Now Sets the Pace: Sustainable Investing Is a Powerful Force in Today’s Capital Markets, So Say The Editors

October 10, 2017

Important update: February 4, 2018 -- see end of this brief for details. About Barron's It's the "bible" for Wall Street professionals, who take in the print and digital content (usually over the weekend) to find out more about the markets -- and then plunge into the serious work on… Read More

TRACKING ESG RATINGS PLAYERS INFLUENCING THE CAPITAL MARKETS…Are These Organizations Watching Your Company?

August 31, 2017

Helping you keep track of the ESG / Sustainability third party analytics service providers assigning Scores, Ratings, Rankings, and Best-in-Class recognitions to Publicly-traded Corporations. This is a feature that will be regularly updated as developments warrant. There is a lot of change going on in this space. BACKGROUND There is… Read More

“PROOF OF CONCEPT” FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTING? Barron’s Weighs In With Inaugural List of Top 100 Sustainable Companies

A BIG YEAR, 2018 – For Developments in Corporate Sustainability & Sustainable Investing…the Two Halves of the Great “Whole” of The New Norms of Capitalism

2018 INVESTOR-CORPORATE DIALOGUE: Human Drugs In The Ag & Food Sectors. Rising Antibiotic Resistance. Factory Farming. “Food” Industry Issues Colliding in the 2018 Investor-Corporate Dialogue and Proxy Voting Season

FROM OEKOM RESEARCH: Global Companies Pay Close Attention to Third Party Sustainability Rankings, Ratings — And Adjust Strategies Accordingly

CDP’S GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PROGRAM: Making a Difference For Member Companies, Their Global Supply Chain Partners — and Key Investors

SEC Proposes Important Amendments to “Reg FD” – Many Changes Are in the Wind — But Corporate ESG Disclosure Is Not Addressed by the Agency…

The Authoritative Barron’s Magazine Now Sets the Pace: Sustainable Investing Is a Powerful Force in Today’s Capital Markets, So Say The Editors

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