Nasdaq has joined four other technology companies – Dell, Intel, NTT DATA and Snap – in a new industry coalition, the Alliance for Global Inclusion, to develop shared D+I metrics to accelerate the adoption and measurement of inclusive business practices.
Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal shares a number of frequently asked questions from corporates about their intent and needs, and their journey towards measuring social value.
The ESG Awards showcase the best ESG performance in line with the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The ESG Awards shine a light on transparency, excellence and progress on this ambitious movement which has the potential to transform modern capitalism.
If the City of London were a country it would rank as the world’s ninth highest CO2 emitter, when the results of banks' investments are taken into account, according to Greenpeace and the WWF. That is 455m tonnes when discounting aviation and shipping, sectors the UK government excludes in its emissions calculations.
There is a growing feeling that the world is currently unravelling before our eyes, whether this be due to the global pandemic, the continued racial conflict or the progressively devastating consequences of climate change. It is unsurprising that, along with governments and non-profit organisations, an increasing expectation exists for companies to step up their commitments to social and environmental issues.
In the end money talks, just as it always does. If you skip through the financial and business pages of the newspapers as you head for the sport, or are still half asleep when Dominic O’Connell gives us the daily business news at 6.15am on the Today Programme, last week you might have missed a piece of financial news of genuine world-changing significance.
There are many definitions of ESG, there are different ways of measuring progress towards ESG goals and there are multiple ways of understanding what ESG factors most impact reputation, and why. According to Steve Earl, a Partner at corporate communications and strategy consultancy BOLDT, those multiple versions of the truth are unavoidable, but expect consolidation as companies begin to require more objective data. At a time when nations around the world are relying on data to unmask the facts about how we emerge from the grip of a pandemic, the whole truth has rarely been at such a premium. But if…
As institutional investors grow increasingly picky in where they put their money amid the global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) push, North America's oil sector has started to look at ways to attract those investors who have been shunning fossil fuels by default.
That momentum has not slowed with the pandemic. “The crisis has intensified and reinforced the importance of ESG issues,” said George Serafeim, a Harvard Business School professor and ESG expert.
