by dennis | Mar 9, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. That is the conclusion one reaches after reading the latest report by the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB), which was set up by investors and civil...
by dennis | Mar 4, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. At the end of 2018, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released the codified version of its standard that established measurement and...
by dennis | Feb 22, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There is now a general consensus that the private sector has a critical role to play in accomplishing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Doing...
by dennis | Feb 3, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The last 20 years have seen a shift from socially responsible investing (SRI) to sustainable investing. SRI was originally defined by values-based...
by dennis | Jan 22, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In his already highly-cited most recent letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, stated that they will be asking...
by dennis | Jan 17, 2020 | Articles 2020, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Materiality is a fundamental concept in corporate reporting of all kinds. A piece of information is considered material if it would influence someone’s...
by dennis | Dec 22, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Previously I have written about the importance of the healthcare, resource transformation, food and beverage, consumption, extractives & minerals...
