The Fable Of The Pirkey Power Plant (As Told By Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes)

by Robert G. Eccles | Jan 1, 2023 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Precis of the Fable Evil fossil fuel devouring Monster Asset Managers (MAMs) forced Princess AEP to prematurely kill her beloved child Pirkey. Jobs and heat...

ESG Is Not About Ethical Standards And Ethical Values

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 29, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Over the past year I’ve certainly had some fun banging on about those in the GOP who are ranting about ESG. Their flawed reasoning and fiery rhetoric made...

Companies Should Pay And Report Their Taxes: A Bipartisan Proposal

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 26, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Three recent articles have given me an idea which I think the most extreme on the left and the most extreme on the right could agree on. Companies should...

My Reply To The Letter From Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) I Didn’t Get

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 19, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Dear Representative Jordan, A number of my liberal friends have sent me the December 6, 2022 letter you and some of your colleagues in the House sent to Ms....

A Conversation With Greg Goff About The Energy Transition And ESG

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Greg Goff, an experienced oil and gas executive. Mr. Goff was President and Chief Executive Officer of...

A Suggested Corporate Target For House Hearings On ESG: NextEra Energy

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 11, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. It is inevitable that soon in the new year various House committees will start hearings to address what some members of the GOP regard as the threat ESG...

A Thanksgiving Day Memo To Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

by Robert G. Eccles | Dec 4, 2022 | Articles 2022, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Let’s start with your blowout victory in being re-elected governor with nearly 60 percent of the popular vote, 20 points more than your Democratic rival....