Sustainability
Tenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University.
Date: January 1, 2023
To: All Republican Politicians Who Are Concerned About ESG
From: Bob Eccles
Subject: Extending an Invitation to Meet with You
It is customary on New Year’s Day to make resolutions. Here is one of mine. It is an offer to meet with any GOP politician at the federal or state level to talk about ESG.
Before explaining my resolution, I want to sincerely wish all of you a Happy New Year and all the best for a great 2023. While I’m a Democrat, I am not a doctrinaire one. I live in Massachusetts and happily voted twice for Charlie Baker as Governor and contributed to his campaign. In admittedly modest amounts because I am only an academic. Thus, despite our political differences, I really do mean my New Year’s wishes.
Robert G. Eccles of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford is the author of a number of books on integrated reporting, sustainability and the role of business in society. His focus is on sustainability from both a company and investor perspective. Professor Eccles is also involved in a variety of initiatives to embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in real world decision making. One of these is the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), of which he was the founding chairman. In 2018, Professor Eccles was selected by Barron’s as one of the top 20 influencers on ESG investing.
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