Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. I would be surprised to learn of anyone interested in sustainable investing who isn’t aware of DWS’s dramatic dismissal of Desiree Fixler. She was the group...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Corporate purpose and sustainability (often referred to by the acronym of ESG for environmental, social, and governance) are now part of the mainstream...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The Democrats just introduced a bill seeking $500 billion in climate damages from oil giants such as Exxon and Chevron. While I understand the desire behind...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Engine No. 1 and Elliott Advisors each invested millions of dollars to do careful and in-depth analyses prior to launching their campaigns to improve the...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. One week ago today on July 20, 2021 Trump appointee SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (R) gave a 4,725 word speech to the Brookings Institution...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. After baseball, litigation is America’s national sport. A Harvard Law School paper, “Comparative Litigation Rates,” by Professors J. Mark Ramseyer &...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The recent decision of a Dutch court in Milieudefensie and Ors. v Royal Dutch Shell plc reinforces the expansion of tort law to climate change issues. As...
