Yes, Even U.S. Board Directors (And Their Attorneys) Need To Worry About Climate Change

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 27, 2022 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) has just published “Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change in the United States” by Sarah Barker, Cynthia...

Corporate Restructuring Is Needed To Accelerate Europe’s Energy Transition

by Robert G. Eccles | Jul 24, 2022 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. It is impossible to create a net-zero world by 2050 without a tremendous growth in the capacity of renewable energy. According to a recent research...

Carbon Might Be Your Company’s Biggest Financial Liability

by dennis | Oct 7, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Through some combination of government intervention and the development of carbon trading markets, it seems inevitable that a price will eventually be put...

A Critique Of Tariq Fancy’s Critique Of ESG Investing: An Interview With Clara Miller

by dennis | Oct 1, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In a functioning democracy, it is important to have an open debate between people with very different views. This is especially true for the field of...

Three Principles For ESG Investing From The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority

by dennis | Sep 21, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In my last post I wrote about seven principles for ESG investing. I developed these principles in collaboration with Desiree Fixler. Ms. Fixler was the...

Seven Principles For ESG Investing: A Conversation With Desiree Fixler

by dennis | Sep 19, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

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...

The Difference Between Purpose and Sustainability (aka ESG)

by dennis | Aug 20, 2021 | Articles 2021, News & Analysis

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...