ESG archive

The week in GRC: Activision Blizzard and Kellogg join companies facing challenges over diversity efforts and study calls for taxing climate-polluting investments

Aug 18, 2023

7 min read

– CNBC reported that PayPal’s board announced that the company’s new CEO will be Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the small...

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CalSTRS: Mandatory GHG reporting may be here by year-end

Aug 14, 2023

By Garnet Roach

3 min read

CalSTRS, the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, says it expects greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions reporting to become...

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Why effective ESG starts and ends with your investors

Aug 03, 2023

By Sylvie Harton

5 min read

The influence of ESG on investing is undeniable, with the acronym itself dominating headlines on a daily basis. Today, an...

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New ISSB global standards have arrived

Jul 31, 2023

By Kristen Sullivan

4 min read

On June 26, 2023, in a tremendous undertaking in the world of standard-setting, the International Sustainability Standards Board...

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ESG Integration Forum – Summer: Governance professionals eye future amid backlash

Jul 21, 2023

By Ben Maiden

6 min read

Governance and investor relations professionals gathered at the ESG Integration Forum – Summer in New York last week. Discussions...

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Survey findings show progress on ESG disclosure and preparedness

Jul 20, 2023

2 Authors

Evan Harvey Kristen Sullivan

4 min read

Sustainability, climate and equity initiatives are not buzzwords or marketing trends. In today’s business environment, more and...

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The week in GRC: BNY Mellon creates diversity-supporting funds and Treasury says climate risk a challenge to insurers

Jun 30, 2023

By Ben Maiden

8 min read

– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that BNY Mellon’s investment management arm is turning to funds that donate part of their...

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Opinion: ESG won’t go away. Here’s why

Jun 28, 2023

By Lloyd Kurtz

5 min read

‘At a cocktail party this week in Davos, one executive [said] something he – and most of the attendees at the World Economic Forum...

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How legal pushbacks are targeting ESG investing in 2023

Jun 22, 2023

By Elizabeth Goldberg, Erin Martin and Pamela Wu

8 min read

Many companies have found themselves between a rock and a hard place this year with respect to ESG amid competing forces of...

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ESG topics in proxy statements continue to ascend

Jun 15, 2023

By Nick Mazing

5 min read

With very few shareholder vote surprises this proxy season, we looked at the longer term proxy trends to assess what kinds of...