The Shareholder Commons, a non-profit advocate for diversified shareholders, today released two case studies focused on the harmful impacts of climate change and antimicrobial resistance. The case studies demonstrate the gap between company-first ESG advocacy and portfolio-first system stewardship and prove to investors that measuring financial success on an enterprise-by-enterprise basis will never motivate companies…
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Crafting the ‘G’ in ESG: Accountability in the Boardroom | Nasdaq
Perhaps the most significant guideline that boards must follow when it comes to sustainability is a change in mindset from compliance to command. When board members see ESG as a core tenant of their governance strategy, rather than a compliance box to check off, they can go above and beyond accountability, becoming a leader in…
Accenture CEO Defends ESG
Julie Sweet defended ESG in an interview with Alan Murray. I interviewed Accenture CEO Julie Sweet at the Workday Rising event in Florida yesterday, and asked her, as I have others this week, about the political backlash against ESG being led by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. She made no apologies, saying her company’s focus on environmental and…
BlackRock Responds to ESG Letter from Republican AGs
BlackRock sent a 10-page letter to the Republican AGs about ESG. As predicted, it is diplomatic, speaking in terms of “welcoming” the opportunity to “clarify” its positions. But it in no way backs down. The full letter is below, and here are some of the highlights. [footnotes omitted and emphasis added] Your letter makes several…
Inside Texas’ “bonkers” attempt to turn ESG upside down – E&E News
Texas is responding to what it calls a boycott of fossil fuel investments with a boycott of its own. It’s turning out to be financially expensive and probably politically expensive, too. Texas’ process is a fig leaf, financial experts say, for a political stunt that already has cost Texans millions of dollars.For Republican officials, though,…
Riskwashing: How the crusade against ESG is hurting businesses, taxpayers and retirees – ImpactAlpha
Call it ‘riskwashing.’ Most stewards of other people’s money want more, not less, information about possible investment risks. Not Republican governors and state treasurers, who have mounted a coordinated campaign from public office to limit or prevent the consideration of ESG, for environmental, social and governance risks, in the management of state and local assets.Take…
Narendra Tiwari: Building ESG: The Rise of ESG Rating Providers
Many thanks to Narendra Tiwari for permission to post this article: With growing interest in ESG criteria, investors need a way to objectively asses the ESG performance of a company. This has led to the flourishing of a number of ESG Rating Agencies such as Sustainalytics MSCI Inc. and FTSE Russell, An LSEG Business who asses companies globally on their…
Larry Fink: Here’s Your Answer to the Despicable Letter from the GOP Attorneys General
From VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow: I’m sure BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s response to the obnoxious, accusatory, misleading, letter he received from 19 Republican state attorneys general will be measured, diplomatic, and thoroughly lawyered over. He will hope to mollify them to continue to be able to do business with the government pension funds. That is only…
Doug Chia on the Slippery S in ESG
We applaud the comment filed by Doug Chia on the importance of transparency in the names of would-be and so-called ESG funds. He points out that PIMCO’s “Total Return ESG Fund” has a name that does not reveal its exclusion of reproductive health-related companies. Prospective investors have to dig into the materials to see: the…
More Misleading Anti-ESG Propaganda from the Ultra-Right Washington Examiner
The ultra-right wing Washington Examiner, owned by billionaire Phil Anschutz, has a distorted, misleading article about ESG. The lack of nuance is indicated with the illustration. The rhetoric is even more unhinged. For example: ESG and stakeholder capitalism are not forces of good. Rather, they are the camouflage for the forces that have led to…
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