EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

by dennis | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles 2020, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The private equity (PE) industry has grown enormously over the past 20 years, from roughly $650 billion in assets under management (AUM) in 2000 to almost...

Investors need to get behind materiality

by dennis | Nov 24, 2020 | Articles 2020, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The lines between sustainable investing and investing in general are blurring and will soon disappear. Yet there remains an important barrier to fully...

The need for standards in non-financial reporting: an interview with Robert G. Eccles

by dennis | Oct 27, 2020 | Articles 2020, Sustainability

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. When we think of reporting, we often think exclusively of financial information. Yet, a quiet revolution has been taking place in the industry, and it’s...

Crunch Time: Global Standard Setters Set The Scene For Comprehensive Corporate Reporting

by dennis | Oct 8, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In March of this year I wrote about how to establish a global set of standards for companies to report on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...

Serious about sustainability

by dennis | Oct 2, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Chris Armstrong, Berenberg Stock and ESG Strategist: Robert, thank you very much for joining me. From our point of view as an investment bank, I think the...