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…a benefit to financial performance. In another paper, “Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence of Materiality,” Yoon and Professor George Serafeim of Harvard Business School and Dr. Mozaffar Khan of Causeway Capital Management very…
The purpose of this post is to ask for your help on an important project. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) is soliciting input on their “Social transformation Draft methodology” and proposed metrics. Feedback is due by September 7,…
What do climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, population growth, eating habits, and communicable diseases have in common? They are all related to each other and our interconnected global world is…
…are adopting the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards, and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD), accelerating the…
…and I discuss the concept of dynamic materiality. As shown by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), most ESG issues are industry specific. (SASB’s Sustainable Industry Classification System [SICS] is comprised of 11…
…the NGO community to represent civil society. In this case it is the sustainability standard-setting organization Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). On December 5, 2019 GRI announced the first global standard for tax transparency—GRI 207:…
On November 7, 2018 in a ceremony at the London Stock Exchange the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) announced that on October 16, 2018 its standards had been approved by its Standards Board. This…
…Initiative (GRI), led by Chief Executive Tim Mohin, and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), led by CEO Janine Guillot. The IBC has gained the support of a substantial global group of 140 CEOs (whose identity I…
…expects reporting from their portfolio companies according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). He also notes what BlackRock itself is doing: “BlackRock announced a number of initiatives to place sustainability at…
…to Serious Allegations (15.0/20.0) Transparency (8.4/10.0) In the sustainability page of its corporate website Adidas has an extensive discussion of its commitment to human rights, including its approach to human rights due diligence.…
There is now a general consensus that the private sector has a critical role to play in accomplishing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Doing this is easier said than done, starting with the fact that 17 is a large number of…
…screening; (2) norms-based screening; (3) best-in-class; (4) sustainability themes; (5) impact investing; (6) engagement and voting —(meaning, it is through engagement — and sometimes voting — that investors help companies improve…
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