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ExxonMobil Should Move Its Corporate Headquarters From Irving, TX To Boston, MA
ExxonMobil Should Move Its Corporate Headquarters
From Irving, TX To Boston, MA
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
This is admittedly a rather counterintuitive idea . I also think it’s a brilliant one. I hope you agree with me after I’ve made the case with impeccable logic presented in a...
A Materiality Focus Can Help Clear Up Climate Disclosure Uncertainty
A Materiality Focus Can Help Clear Up
Climate Disclosure Uncertainty
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Ahead of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) highly anticipated final ruling on its proposed climate disclosure rules, many U.S. companies appear hesitant to fully...
The Path to a Peaceful Settlement in the ESG Culture Wars
The Path to a Peaceful Settlement
in the ESG Culture Wars
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Exactly how the acronym of ESG has become the topic of such heated pushback will make for a good doctoral dissertation in sociology. It has become a term derided on both the left...
Values-Driven 2V TrueESG™: A Right-Wing ESG Rating Methodology For Taking Down ESG
Values-Driven 2V TrueESG™: A Right-Wing
ESG Rating Methodology For Taking Down ESG
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
There is a surreal snake eating its tail ethereal ambience to this story. So let me start by saying I’m not making any of this up. You can verify every fact in this piece (unlike...
Bill Tveit Should Run For President In The Republican Primary
Bill Tveit Should Run For President
In The Republican Primary
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
“In my opinion, ESG is a worldwide human satanic organized effort. A manmade sabotage of God.” North Dakota House Representative Bill Tveit, R-Hazen Yep. He really said that. I...
A Tedious And Boring Analysis Of Two Items In ExxonMobil’s 2022 10-K
A Tedious And Boring Analysis Of Two Items
In ExxonMobil’s 2022 10-K
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Channeling Chico Escuela, the ESG Culture Wars been berry, berry good to me! I mean, without them I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to write such entertaining (at least to me)...
Indiana House Bill 1008: How To Lose $6.7 Billion In Pension Investments In 10 Years
Indiana House Bill 1008: How To Lose $6.7 Billion
In Pension Investments In 10 Years
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Indiana. The Hoosier State. Inspiration for the “Hoosier Beach Boogie” line dance. Home of Larry Bird. The Hick from French Lick. Bird won three NBA championships (in 1981, 1984,...
Rescuing ESG from the Culture Wars
Rescuing ESG
from the Culture Wars
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
In the past year, ESG investing has become caught up in America’s culture wars, as prominent GOP politicians claim that it is a mechanism investors are using to impose a “woke”...
California Dreamin’: CalPERS And CalSTRS Caught In Climate Crossfire
California Dreamin’: CalPERS And CalSTRS
Caught In Climate Crossfire
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)On a winter's day (on a winter's day)I'd be...
From Professor To Politician To Sustainability Advocate: A Conversation With Jan Peter Balkenende
From Professor To Politician To Sustainability Advocate:
A Conversation With Jan Peter Balkenende
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
On November 4, 2022, I had the great pleasure and honor to deliver the second Piet Sanders Lecture sponsored by the Erasmus School of Law in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. My...
The U.K. FCA And The U.S. GOP: A Potential Strategic Alliance
The U.K. FCA And The U.S. GOP:
A Potential Strategic Alliance
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Today the comment period closes for the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper (CP) “CP22/20: Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment...
EFRAG’s SRB Vice Chair Professor Kerstin Lopatta Discusses Sustainability Reporting
EFRAG’s SRB Vice Chair Professor Kerstin Lopatta
Discusses Sustainability Reporting
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
I was introduced to Professor Kerstin Lopatta through some mutual friends. Our shared interest in sustainability reporting was the reason for the introduction. More particularly,...
So Much At Stake: Unilever’s Lysanne Gray On Getting Sustainability Reporting Right
So Much At Stake: Unilever’s Lysanne Gray
On Getting Sustainability Reporting Right
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Unilever’s Lysanne Gray is one of those rare people who has gone from financial reporting to sustainability reporting. She started her career at PwC working in audit, corporate...
My New Year’s Resolution To Republican Politicians Regarding ESG
My New Year’s Resolution
To Republican Politicians Regarding ESG
Articles 2023, News & Analysis
Date: January 1, 2023 To: All Republican Politicians Who Are Concerned About ESG From: Bob Eccles Subject: Extending an Invitation to Meet with You It is customary on New Year’s...
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