…heard. People in your investor relations, public relations, and sustainability functions will likely already know who they are and have a list. The trick is to identify the ones who are willing to engage rather than those who just…
Nearly every company today understands that sustainability must be made core to its strategy and capital allocation process but are often confused by how best to report on ESG progress in a way that will be credible…
Shareholder activism – 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…
…today to draw some lessons for the work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) which has just begun. As our previous piece made clear, standards are social constructs, not something grounded in the laws of…
Last month I sat down with Dianne McKeever, the Co-founder and CIO of Ides Capital, an impact activist investor. We met one morning at a Le Pain Quotidien in midtown Manhattan. She ordered the chamomile tea and I had the iced tea lemonade.…
…is currently an exciting time in the world of setting standards for sustainability reporting. It is also a complex and confusing one. Last year saw the IFRS Foundation establish the International Sustainability…
The internal audit (IA) function is a largely unseen and unsung one compared to ones like sales and marketing, operations, and finance. But it is an essential one. Recently its role has been expanding beyond the traditional internal…
…role former Vice President Mike Pence is doing as the leader of the Sustainability Flat-Earthers. You also have to respect and give credit to his resilience and resourcefulness. Here’s a guy whose own President wanted him hanged. His…
…Through this long and winding road I began working in the field of sustainability about 10 years ago. At that time the somewhat awkward acronym of ESG (for environmental, social, and governance) was just beginning to be bandied about. A…
…at the University of Oxford. He is also the Founding Chairman of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and one of the founders of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). Shareholder activism has long served…
Shareholder activism—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…
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