The CSDDD: How the Phoenix Can Rise from the Ashes

by dennis | Apr 29, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There was no shortage of disappointment and discourse from all sides during the recent negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

Comment: The next steps will be crucial for the success of CSDDD

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There was no shortage of disappointment and discourse from all sides during the recent negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

Untangling Climate Risk, Financial Risk, And Climate Impact

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. “Climate risk is financial risk” is an increasingly ubiquitous incantation. It is frequently invoked in discussions about shareholder proposals, the need...

Centerline: How The Free Market-Right Is Working For A Return To Normalcy

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On January 18, 2024 an organization called Centerline Liberties (Centerline) issued a press release titled “Center-Right Taxpayer Advocacy Leaders Unveil...

Will the U.S. ESG backlash get board directors off the hook for climate change?

by dennis | Mar 26, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In October of 2021 The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) published “Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change in the United States” by Sarah Barker,...