Climate Change, Misguided Activism, and a Roadmap for Institutional Investors

by dennis | Sep 19, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In today’s mainstream consciousness, climate change has surpassed nuclear-warhead proliferation as the biggest existential threat to mankind. Moreover,...

From Scientific to Doomsday, Five Climate-Change Narratives Shaping Discourse and Decisions

by dennis | Sep 19, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. From scientific to doomsday, the five climate change narratives shaping discourse and decisions ImpactAlpha, September 18 — The climate discourse by...

Comment: $2.5trn in need is not $2.5trn in opportunity

by dennis | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. $2.5 trillion is a talismanic number. It represents that amount of opportunity for the ASEAN economic community, for cities, for exports in the ocean...

Some Constructive Feedback To 23 Red States On Their Anti-ESG Campaigns

by dennis | Aug 14, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In my previous piece I promised to provide some constructive feedback to 23 Red states based on a color spectrum analysis using the Red Index Score. While...

Seeking Common Ground in the Politicized Debate About ESG

by dennis | Jul 29, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. On July 12, 2023 the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) held a hearing entitled “Protecting Investor Interests: Examining Environmental and Social...

A Color Spectrum Analysis Of The Redness Of 23 Red States

by dennis | Jul 29, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Last month Pleaides Strategy published a report titled “2023 STATEHOUSE REPORT: Right-Wing Attacks on the Freedom to Invest Responsibly Falter in...

What Should Norway Do With An Extra $170 Billion From Oil And Gas Revenues?

by dennis | Jul 27, 2023 | Articles 2023, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Norway is a tiny Scandinavian country with a population of 5.5 million, less than the 7 million in my home state of Massachusetts. The country is well known...