Dear Fellow Supporters of Integrated Reporting,
The subjects of this e-mail are two pieces in The Huffington Post (one on the importance of finance and the other on the voting outcomes of shareholder proposals to ExxonMobil and Chevron on climate change), an article on the relationship between populism and nationalism and climate change, an article on the needed 1.4% per year annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a report from the IMA on integrated reporting, the KPMG surveys, a conference at SNS, The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality, and ESG integration.
The Importance of Finance
The Statement Campaign
Two things here.
First, Rosemary Sainty of the School of Management UTS Business School has published an article in the May issue of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ journal Company Director. In “Reporting Statements: a global initiative,” she discusses some global initiatives aimed at creating long-term value and why Australian boards of directors should join them, such as “The Statement Campaign.”
Second, in “The Board That Embraced Stakeholders Beyond Shareholders,” published by MIT’s Sloan Management Review, Tim Youmans and I discuss Atlas Copco being the first company to have its board issue a “Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality.”
ESG Integration
Two things here as well.
First, an article in USA Today “ Socially responsible funds can give your 401(k) a clear conscience,” by Robert Powell discusses some regulatory changes and trends that may result in more investments in socially responsible 401(k) pension plans.
Second, Professor Jim Hawley, Head of ESG Research at TruValue Labs, interviewed me for a podcast “on growing your investment returns with Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG).”
Kind regards,
Bob
