Can The R-Factor Help Lead To A Market-Based Solution For ESG Reporting Standards?

by dennis | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In June 2017 the European Union passed the EU Accounting Directive for Non-financial Information. It was implemented Member States in 2018. This law...

What The World Can Learn From The Japanese Experience In Integrated Reporting

by dennis | Jul 9, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. According to a recent report by the KPMG Integrated Reporting Center of Excellence, in 2018 there were 414 self-declared integrated reports by Japanese...

A Sophisticated Investor’s Approach To Climate Change: The Case Of LGIM

by dennis | Jun 22, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Most major asset owners and asset managers now recognize the deleterious effects climate change can have on their overall portfolios. Climate change...

LPs failing engagement in private equity

by dennis | Jun 17, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Engagement and stewardship are topics of increasing important to asset owners, either directly for the assets they manage or indirectly through their...

Three Dilemmas for Creating a Long-Term Board

by dennis | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Engagement and stewardship are topics of increasing important to asset owners, either directly for the assets they manage or indirectly through their...

The Quality of Integrated Reporting Around the World

by dennis | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Integrated reporting is a business process that culminates in the publication of a report that explains how an organization creates value over the short-,...

Concentration In The Asset Management Industry: Implications For Corporate Engagement

by dennis | Apr 17, 2019 | Articles 2019, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Yesterday I published an article in the Harvard Business Review, “The Investor Revolution: Shareholders Are Getting Serious About Sustainability,”...