Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. I realize this title isn’t a very enticing one to most readers. But please bear with me. I promise that the story gets more interesting as it goes along. As...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The time has come for “activist stewardship.” Simply put, this means putting the skills and techniques of activist hedge funds to work where a company’s...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On February 26 the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing that...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On June 30, 2020 Philip Morris International, Inc. (PMI) published its first integrated report titled “Delivering a Smoke-Free Future: Progress toward a...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. A tiny hedge fund is taking on ExxonMobil, accusing the energy giant of dragging its feet on climate change, which has led to disappointing financial...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There’s an old local Boston joke that goes like this. A student with a shopping cart piled high with food is standing in the “12 items or less” line at a...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. 2020 was a remarkable year in ways that need no mention. It was also remarkable in a way that most people probably didn’t notice because it has to do with...
