Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Yesterday I suggested in an open letter that a good first step for the 181 companies whose CEO signed the Business Roundtable’s August 19, 2019 “Statement...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Dear Mr./Ms. CEO, I hope you don’t mind me writing, especially given my temerity in wanting to offer you a small piece of advice: You should have your board...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. While pockets of ideologically-driven ignorance remain regarding sustainable investing, such as the U.S. Department of Labor, mainstream investor investors...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The purpose of this post is to ask for your help on an important project. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is soliciting input on their “Social...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. What do climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, population growth, eating habits, and communicable diseases have in common?...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. When leading money managers embrace the need for corporations to be socially responsible and the Business Roundtable (BRT) declares that the purpose of a...
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Three months ago, in what seems like another age, I wrote about the concept of dynamic materiality. It was developed by Thomas Kuh, Andre Shepley, Greg...
