EFRAG’s SRB Vice Chair Professor Kerstin Lopatta Discusses Sustainability Reporting

by dennis | Jan 18, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. I was introduced to Professor Kerstin Lopatta through some mutual friends. Our shared interest in sustainability reporting was the reason for the...

Review of Comments on SEC Climate Rulemaking

by dennis | Dec 4, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In June, the comment period closed on the SEC’s proposed rulemaking on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Financial Disclosures” (the...

Facing up to shortfalls – and trade-offs – in the Sustainable Development Goals

by dennis | Dec 4, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The Sustainable Development Goals need rescuing, a global sustainable investors group warned recently. The SDGs are a collection of 17 interlinked...

Can’t tell the players without a scorecard: Sorting out ESG, impact and sustainability

by dennis | Oct 25, 2022 | Articles 2022, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The Land of ESG is embroiled in a two-front war. Identifying the combatants and their arguments may help practitioners keep track of the conversation, and...

ROBERT ECCLES: “ESG IS FULLY POLITICIZED IN THE US”

by dennis | Oct 25, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Are companies and investors just trying to make more money under the guise of ESG? Or does the call for sustainable business and investment threaten returns...