Strong corporate purpose correlates with improved financial results, study finds
When the Business Roundtable released its Statement on Corporate Purpose in August 2019, it was met with equal praise and...
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Covid reality check: How to improve virtual ESG engagement with investors
Just weeks after Isabel Green joined Rolls-Royce as head of IR in March, global travel ceased. Demand for engines and maintenance...
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Looking back on the 2020 proxy season and ahead to 2021
On a global basis, the Covid-19 pandemic has been by far the biggest issue faced by companies during proxy season. The pandemic...
IR papers: ESG and retail investors
The irrelevance of ESG reporting SRI – now encompassing more than 25 percent of professionally invested dollars in the US – has...
Nasdaq targets board diversity with ‘comply or explain’ plan
Nasdaq is moving to increase diversity on the boards of its listed companies amid growing pressure from investors and state laws...
Asset managers complain CFA’s proposed ESG standards will sow confusion, not clarity
CFA Institute’s plan to create a global ESG standard has triggered concern among some US and European asset managers already...
ESG: Social most difficult to analyze and integrate
Improved long-term returns and risk mitigation are the key motivators behind ESG integration, according to a series of snap polls...
The week in investor relations: ESG resolutions, climate lawsuits and halted IPOs
– Investors backed a record number of shareholder resolutions on social and environmental issues in 2020, reported the Financial...
ESG: The legacy of Covid-19
During the depths of the first lockdown, you could be forgiven for expecting to see ESG issues jettisoned from corporate strategy...
TCFD goes ‘mainstream’ as investor demand grows
Investor demand is pushing forward the adoption of recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures...
