Why an Activist Hedge Fund Cares Whether Apple’s Devices Are Bad for Kids

by dennis | Jan 16, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners, a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to...

Aligned Intermediary: Solving The Funding Conundrum

by dennis | Jan 7, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There are a growing number of investment opportunities for companies and projects developing innovative solutions to environmental and social problems. ...

An Analysis of Oil & Gas Company Disclosures from the Perspective of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

by dennis | Dec 14, 2017 | Articles 2017, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Abstract We conducted a type of “field experiment” to evaluate how difficult it will be for companies to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on...

How to Change Your Corporate Strategy to Address Societal Challenges Profitably

by dennis | Nov 26, 2017 | Articles 2017, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Last month, The Boston Consulting Group released their findings on total societal impact (TSI). To recap, TSI is not a single metric; it is a collection of...

How Your Company Can Benefit from Addressing Societal Challenges

by dennis | Nov 20, 2017 | Articles 2017, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The debate about whether companies can do well financially by doing good things for the world is settled. The answer is “Yes, in certain circumstances.”...