Implementing the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Recommendations: An Assessment of Corporate Readiness

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In June 2017, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its final report of recommendationsFootnote1 for how companies should...

Material ESG Outcomes and SDG Externalities: Evaluating the Health Care Sector’s Contribution to the SDGs

by dennis | Nov 5, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Abstract The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have created a framework for environmental and social impacts, which many large...

A Debate At The Oxford Union: Should FASB And IASB Set Standards For Nonfinancial Information?

by dennis | Nov 3, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University.   On December 11, 2018, a debate will be held at the Oxford Union regarding the “Motion: This House believes that corporate sustainability reporting should...

The Importance Of The Consumption Sector To The Sustainable Development Goals

by dennis | Aug 17, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Previously I have written about the importance of the healthcare, resource transformation, and food and beverage sectors to the 17 Sustainable Development...

Three Reflections From Bank Of America’s 2017 Mock Integrated Report

by dennis | Aug 13, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In this post, I will make three reflections based on an article Mike Krzus and I wrote with the help of Carlos Solano, “Constructing Bank of America’s 2017...

Exploring Social Origins in the Construction of ESG Measures

by dennis | Aug 1, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Abstract As both demand and supply for information about companies’ sustainability performance continues to grow, many investors complain that the ESG data...

The Importance Of The Food And Beverage Sector For The Sustainable Development Goals

by dennis | Jul 29, 2018 | Articles 2018, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Previously I have written about the importance of the healthcare and resource transformation sectors to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The...