The U.S. Struggle Over Climate-Change Disclosure Is Coming To A (Hopefully Successful) Head

by dennis | Feb 27, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On February 26 the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing that...

Producing Philip Morris International Inc.’s first integrated report

by dennis | Feb 8, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On June 30, 2020 Philip Morris International, Inc. (PMI) published its first integrated report titled “Delivering a Smoke-Free Future: Progress toward a...

Can a Tiny Hedge Fund Push ExxonMobil Towards Sustainability?

by dennis | Jan 20, 2021 | Articles 2021, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. A tiny hedge fund is taking on ExxonMobil, accusing the energy giant of dragging its feet on climate change, which has led to disappointing financial...

The Curious Case Of Engineering Schools And Sustainable Investing: MIT Is Not Alone

by dennis | Jan 10, 2021 | Articles 2021, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There’s an old local Boston joke that goes like this. A student with a shopping cart piled high with food is standing in the “12 items or less” line at a...

2020: The Year The Narrative Changed For Sustainability Reporting

by dennis | Jan 6, 2021 | Articles 2021, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. 2020 was a remarkable year in ways that need no mention. It was also remarkable in a way that most people probably didn’t notice because it has to do with...