When Both the SEC and Congress Fail to Act, Seeking a Judicial Remedy Is Inevitable

by dennis | May 30, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has several roles and one of them is to regulate certain aspects of the shareholder proposal process. This...

Oxford Geoscience Professor Myles Allen On Solving The Problem Of Climate Change

by dennis | May 29, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. This week I had the pleasure of meeting Myles Allen. He is Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the Department of Physics, University of...

Where Does The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation Go From Here?

by dennis | May 16, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Confusion has reigned since the EU’s “Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)” legislation went into force in March 2021. SFDR had highly ambitious...

The CSDDD: How the Phoenix Can Rise from the Ashes

by dennis | Apr 29, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There was no shortage of disappointment and discourse from all sides during the recent negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

Comment: The next steps will be crucial for the success of CSDDD

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. There was no shortage of disappointment and discourse from all sides during the recent negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...

Untangling Climate Risk, Financial Risk, And Climate Impact

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. “Climate risk is financial risk” is an increasingly ubiquitous incantation. It is frequently invoked in discussions about shareholder proposals, the need...

Centerline: How The Free Market-Right Is Working For A Return To Normalcy

by dennis | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles 2024, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On January 18, 2024 an organization called Centerline Liberties (Centerline) issued a press release titled “Center-Right Taxpayer Advocacy Leaders Unveil...