…agreed that COP21 was a great success. In welcoming the historic climate agreement, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Lise Kingo said that: “Never before have we seen this level of engagement from business and it is clear…
…corporations. Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy A sad joke for corporate climate activists is that acting on climate plans is always “the next CEO’s job.” But every company has an uncovered “Carbon Short” position based on their emissions,…
…by the company as it has obstinately resisted the necessary changes in its business model given the energy transition necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement of keeping global warming below 2.0°C (ideally 1.5°C). On May 6 The…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has several roles and one of them is to regulate certain aspects of the shareholder proposal process. This process occurs when shareholders of a company submit proposals to be included in a…
On Monday September 18, 2023, the first day of Climate Week in New York City, I was privileged to attend the global launch of the recommendations of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) hosted by the New York Stock…
…on COP26, a key takeaway at the intersection of capital markets and climate was the formation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). During the initial days in Glasgow, the IFRS Foundation announced the formation of…
…practice of buying small stakes in public companies and pushing for change – is one of the best tools we have for holding companies accountable. The efforts of shareholder activists can benefit not just long-term investors (including the…
…practice of buying small stakes in public companies and pushing for change—is one of the best tools we have for holding companies accountable. The efforts of shareholder activists can benefit not just long-term investors (including the…
The U.K.-originating climate activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has caused a substantial amount of disruption. Its tactics include blocking traffic, grounding flights, and gluing themselves to public buildings and to each other. This…
…unsettled ground. In the autumn of 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance announced that for the current proxy season it would stop issuing substantive views on whether a company may exclude…
…produced the book “The Anti -ESG Ecosystem: Implications for U.S. Climate Policy” using a structured Hybrid Intelligent Team (HIT)—a coordinated ensemble of five AI systems, each assigned a distinct functional role. The pr oject…
…for his book “The Anti- ESG Ecosystem: Implications for U.S. Climate Policy. ” (Appendix A is an outline wit h brief descriptions.) He had written the book in January with the help of a Hybrid Intelligent Team (HIT) comprised of…
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