There are perverse incentives to exaggerate sustainablity claims – made easier by the lack of uniformity in measuring and reporting such results.
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Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies will face tough, sometimes surprising, choices.
While incentives can enhance the environmental, social and corporate governance performance of businesses, there is a risk of executives manipulating these performance metrics to obtain bonuses.
The world’s ecosystems need to be restored – and fast. Large corporations are well-placed to do so.
As we confront pressing social and environmental challenges, business schools must play a big role in building momentum for sustainable investing and ignore partisan, anti-ESG sniping.
US study shows environmental messages can put conservative consumers off trying and buying plant-based products.
Governments and corporations must work together to transform environmental, social and governance policies.
Most ESG funds track passive indices - this is where the power really lies in determining what is ESG.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
Companies that want to avoid the harms of AI, such as bias or privacy violations, lack clear-cut guidelines on how to act responsibly. That makes internal management and decision-making critical.
Three forces are pulling down ESG’s once-rapid rise in the investment world.
The criticisms faced by ESG projects are indicative of the growing polarization in the future profitability of the fossil fuel sector.
The ‘ESG’ agenda has become a hot battlefield in the culture wars. Claims it’s a slippery slope to socialism show no understanding of how capitalism works.
Republicans like Governor Ron DeSantis are trying to bring down sustainable “ESG” investing.
Many investors and corporations believe that accounting for the impact that businesses have on the environment, society as a whole and their own workforces benefits their bottom line.
Green jobs go beyond solar panel installation and wind turbine maintenance. They’re found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management.
We need more targeted investments in solutions that have a positive impact on nature to reverse biodiversity loss.
A review of S&P 500 companies finds carbon disclosure doesn’t necessarily mean emissions fall.
Environmental, social and governance investment funds claim to help save the planet and better society, but the reality is more complex.
Corporate pressure campaigns usually work best in partnership with local institutions. While Russia’s civic organizations are generally weak, there are some signs of growing defiance.
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Full Professor of Sustainable Finance, Kedge Business School
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Associate Professor of Finance, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong
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Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor, Accounting, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
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Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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