Data issues biggest barrier to greater ESG adoption, survey finds
Almost half (49 percent) of investors say a lack of robust ESG data is ‘holding back’ their organization’s further adoption of ESG...
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Opinion: Corporate social responsibility is dead
SEC commissioner Allison Herren Lee recently spoke about a paradigm shift with respect to ESG. In a June 2021 address at the...
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Comment: What to do when investors feel there’s a misalignment on pay for performance
Executive compensation has been one of the most widely discussed issues for shareholders in recent history. Pay for performance is...
Most institutional investors have company-wide ESG policies, survey finds
A growing number of institutional investors now have a company-wide policy on ESG investment, with the largest firms leading the...
More than half of S&P Global 1200 using SASB framework
More than 600 companies from the S&P 1200 index now use the SASB standards in their external communications to investors...
Major investment consultants launch net-zero project
A group of major investment consultants has set up a project to encourage clients to set net-zero emissions goals. The 12 firms...
S&P Global raises concerns over greenwashing
Global reporting standardization could help mitigate investor concerns about ESG greenwashing in relation to green bonds...
‘Don’t think about ESG simply as a reporting exercise,’ says former SSGA asset stewardship head
Matt DiGuiseppe joined Diligent earlier this year to lead its ESG Center of Excellence, having previously been head of Americas...
After an ‘eye-popping’ proxy season: Takeaways from the ESG Integration Forum – Summer 2021
After what has proved to be an arresting proxy season with several surprises, the investor relations and corporate governance...
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Governance Matters: Learn about the Value Reporting Foundation and proxy season takeaways
‘One of our top priorities is to drive simplification in the landscape,’ says Janine Guillot, CEO of the Value Reporting...
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