…Eccles : What about the critics who see sustainability solely as an ESG issue? McGinty: Many CEOs recognize the financial value of sustainability. They have seen firsthand that a strategic focus on sustainability strengthens the bottom…
…of impact investing and environmental, social, and governance, or ESG. We started implementing ESG back in the late 90s. At that time, I was an investment officer living in West Africa just struggling to get deals done, I was really an…
…in order to learn more. He informed me about a one of their “ESG State of Play” webinars (slides are available here ) on April 17, 2024 being moderated by Ms. Harris. I watched this and learned more. I then approached Nolan to ask…
…impact. With this focus on the “bottom line” business benefits of ESG, Meredith grew the Inclusive Capitalism community from 25 to nearly 600 CEOs across sectors in the three years of her leadership tenure, while undertaking market…
…and Florida given that they have been especially loud in their anti-ESG rhetoric, legislation, and boycotting of asset managers What’s going on in the ground in these states? Benji Backer, Danielle Butcher Franz, and Chris Barnard (from…
…and Schwerner lost their lives fighting for fairness. Ideas like ESG disclosures and impact investing, and Patriotic Capitalism are intended to make the world better for everyone. Instead we’re seeing these ideas are met with…
…to real world problems. I got hired for engagement mostly to manage ESG risks. It took me and PGGM the better part of 10 years to really distinguish between ESG risk to the portfolio (outside-in) and impact by the portfolio (inside-out),…
…Officer. She is the thought leader in the impact investing and ESG grantmaking world. She literally wrote the book on impact investing as co-author with former Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin of the book The Power of…
…for a time was the only person at Morgan Stanley who knew what “ESG” and “impact investment” were, and later became Morgan Stanley’s Chief Marketing Office AND its first ever Chief Sustainability Officer. Eccles: Ah, I didn’t know…
…in the market. As you well know Bob, from your own involvement with ESG reporting frameworks, the trend in sustainability reporting for companies is that what was once voluntary is now becoming mandatory. Microsoft wants to be ahead of…
…In my final few years with the company, I established and led the ESG (environmental, social and governance) function on behalf of the enterprise. It seems wild from the standpoint of today, but very few even knew what the acronym ESG…
…the MassPRIM board toward sustainability and how I ended up on the ESG committee. Eccles: Interesting, but ,Mary, not all of our readers are locals like us. Mind explaining what MassPRIM is and how its board is constituted? Cerulli:…
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