The Stock Market And Climate Change: A Very Provocative Speech By Stuart Kirk

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. At a Financial Times Moral Money conference on May 20, 2022, Mr. Stuart Kirk, Global Head of Responsible Investment at HSBC Asset Management, and a former...

Modernization of Beneficial Ownership Reporting

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In this post, we provide comments on the proposed rules. We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed rules relating to the...

The Benefits And Costs Of Climate-Related Disclosure Activities For Companies And Investors

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The mission of the SEC is to protect investors. Key to this is providing them with the information they need to make their capital allocation decisions. On...

Nielsen And The WindAcre Partnership: A Nostalgic Tale Of A Corporate Raider And Private Equity White Knights

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In the last several weeks, most of the attention in the corporate governance world has been focused on the drama playing out between Elon Musk and Twitter’s...

Comment Letter on SEC Rule 10B-1 Position Reporting of Large Security-Based Swap Positions

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Shareholder activism—the practice of buying small stakes in public companies and pushing for change—is one of the best tools we have for holding companies...

Why Collaboration By IFRS Foundation And GRI Is A Progressive Step For Corporate Transparency

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On March 24, 2022 the IFRS Foundation (the Foundation) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published a press release announcing “a collaboration...

Why Does the SEC Want to Stifle Investors’ Incentives to Hold Management’s Feet to the Fire?

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Shareholder activism – the practice of buying small stakes in public companies and pushing for change – is one of the best tools we have for holding...