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
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCH ALLIANCE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS
February 8, 2018
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Provides Leadership for Investor Collaboration To Advance Corporate Sector and Investor Action on Human Rights Issues The recently-launched Investor Alliance for Human Rights managed by ICCR provides a collective action platform to consolidate and increase institutional investor influence on key business and human rights issues.… 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
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
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORTING: WHERE ARE WE, WHAT IS THE ROAD AHEAD… KMPG’s 2017 Global Survey Yields Important Information
November 21, 2017
Issue 4.2 We present highlights of the 10th survey of corporate responsibility reporting by KPMG for you. Results represent a survey of 4,900 companies in 49 countries & regions, deep analysis of corporate reporting revealed important trends that are of value to managers responsible for CR reporting in their respective… Read More
LEAD FROM THE TOP, ADVISES THE CERES EXPERTS: Corporate Sustainability Needs “Competence” On The Subject in the Board Room
October 23, 2017
Issue 3.5 The Ceres organization is sharing a great new report that you (in turn) can share inside your company - and upwards in the chain of command to the board room and C-Suite. KEY OBSERVATION Relatively few C-suite execs or board members embraced the concept of "corporate sustainability" in… Read More
NORWAY SWF REACHES US$1 TRILLION IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT — Is Your Company in its Global Investment Portfolio?
September 27, 2017
Issue 2.2 The first "Sovereign Wealth Fund" ("SWF") was created in 1954 by the Middle East nation of Kuwait using oil revenues to establish a "fund for the future" to benefit the people of that strategic oil & gas producing country on the west end of the Persian Gulf. In… Read More
SDGs AND YOUR COMPANY: Linking Business Reporting to the Sustainable Development Goals
August 29, 2017
Issue 1.2 A Copy of "An Analysis Of The Goals And Targets" Published by GRI, UNGC and PwC is Available For You Publicly-traded and privately-owned companies play a key role in collaborating with stakeholders and adopting strategies, aligning SD Goals & Targets with corporate mission, developing strategies, taking action, and reporting on progress.… Read More
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