At Ambienta Sustainability Is The “What” And ESG Is The “How”

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The terms “sustainability” and “ESG” are now common in both the public and private equity markets. They are also becoming increasingly common in the bank...

We Need Universal ESG Accounting Standards

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Summary ESG accounting is a mess. Competing initiatives mean there’s no uniform set of standards for measuring a company’s progress on sustainability. The...

The ISSB Can Make Chief Sustainability Officers More Relevant or Less Relevant — They Have to Choose

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. My friend Bhakti Mirchandani has written about the historical significance of the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). She...

Unilever’s Purpose And Sustainability Test Of Its Shareholders

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. I love the British press. With effortless wit and aplomb it regularly publishes articles with eye-catching titles like these from The Telegraph: “Unilever’s...

Active Ownership Vs. Active Returns: The Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Dilemma

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Norway has the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world with some $1.4 trillion in assets under management. That’s $244,000 for every man, woman, and...