Activist Investing And ESG: A Conversation With Dianne Mckeever

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Last month I sat down with Dianne McKeever, the Co-founder and CIO of Ides Capital, an impact activist investor. We met one morning at a Le Pain Quotidien...

The Long and Winding Road to Financial Reporting Standards

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. It is currently an exciting time in the world of setting standards for sustainability reporting. It is also a complex and confusing one. Last year saw the...

The Credibility Of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Standards Is At Risk

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Speed is not always your friend. Sometimes it’s better to take the time to make the right decision than to rush to meet a false deadline. In this instance I...

How The Behavioral Risk Team Is Innovating The Internal Audit Function At Natwest

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The internal audit (IA) function is a largely unseen and unsung one compared to ones like sales and marketing, operations, and finance. But it is an...

Grift Capitalism: The GOP’s Brilliant Strategy For Ripping Off Ordinary Americans

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Grift (intransitive verb): Engage in petty or small-scale swindling Grift (noun): A petty or small-scale swindle The U.S. Dictionary It has been easy to see...

Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Summary Despite their reputation in the 1980s as corporate raiders, most private equity firms attempt to improve the performance of their portfolio...

A Comparative Analysis Of Three Proposals For Climate-Related Disclosures

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

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In January of last year I noted how the narrative on sustainability reporting had changed from the belief that market forces will determine the standards...