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

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

CAUTIONARY NOTES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGERS & Others Involved in Global Sourcing & Partnerships (Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Conditions Raise Reputational Risks

January 9, 2018

A number of multilateral organizations, social issue activists, nongovernmental organizations (“NGOs”), UN agencies, media organizations, and investor coalitions are focused on the rising risks posed to society – and to businesses – of modern slavery and human trafficking. This will be a 2018 risk management issue raised by shareholders and… Read More

FINANCIAL ANALYSTS & CORPORATE ESG EVALUATION — The CFA Institute Provides Guidance For Analyst & Investment Professionals

January 6, 2018

The CFA Institute mission is to “…lead the investment profession globally by promoting the highest standards of ethics, education and professional excellence for the ultimate benefit of society.” The Institute has a number of credentialing programs, such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA); this is the hiring standard for 31,000… Read More

INVESTORS FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GHG EMISSIONS at Fossil Fuel Companies – and Other Public Companies Beyond the Energy Sector

January 6, 2018

A growing number of institutional investors are focused on “De-carbonizing” their investment portfolios – New York City Pension Funds in the Lead... But the issues are not clear-cut, and the debate goes on among key players in the capital markets…on the investor and corporate sides. One of the leaders of… Read More

CORPORATE PENSION PLANS – SECURE OR NOT? When the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation May Step In & How Companies Are Affected

January 5, 2018

This brief is about Corporate Pension Plans – Employee Retirement Security – and the role of the PBGC Guarantee Agency of the Federal Government in the protection of certain pension plans… And what happens when corporate plans fail and PBGC steps in… Put this in the Risk Management file. Almost… 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

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

WOMEN IN THE BOARD ROOM: The State Street Campaign to Expand Director Diversity in Public Companies

August 29, 2017

Issue 1.5 Who sits in the corporate board room, making important decisions and overseeing management? Easy answer in the vast majority of such settings: the males. State Street Corporation is trying to change this picture. This is one of the world's largest asset managers and its reach is into thousands… 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

CAUTIONARY NOTES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGERS & Others Involved in Global Sourcing & Partnerships (Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Conditions Raise Reputational Risks

CORPORATE PENSION PLANS – SECURE OR NOT? When the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation May Step In & How Companies Are Affected

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