Earnings calls increasingly mention plastic waste
MSCI suggests that firms’ use of plastic is coming under greater scrutiny, amid broader and growing investor scrutiny of companies...
ESG archive
How to respond to the ESG spotlight
Evidence of the link between investment returns and companies’ ESG commitments is mounting exponentially, showing that ESG should...
How Microsoft communicates about its take on ESG
This article originally appeared in the latest Corporate Secretary special report. Click here to view the full publication. As has...
BlackRock urged to take action on climate change
Twelve investor and shareholder advocacy groups have called for BlackRock to improve its efforts on climate-related shareholder...
Considering ESG materiality is part of fiduciary duty, says Cornerstone Capital CEO
ESG is on the minds of investors – both active and passive – and it’s incumbent on IR teams, corporate secretaries and other in...
SASB launches new materiality reporting framework
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today launched its 77 industry-specific reporting standards for companies to...
Demand for off-season meetings ‘highest ever,’ says SSGA’s Kumar
When Rakhi Kumar joined State Street Global Advisers (SSGA) in 2011, the notion of off-season engagement didn’t exist. But by mid...
Ten steps to strengthen your ESG engagement plan
As ESG considerations continue to swell, institutional investors globally are increasingly building coalitions and engaging with...
Social and environmental support continues to grow among institutional investors
There has been a 10 percentage-point increase in institutional investor support for shareholder proposals focused on environmental...
SEC’s Peirce criticizes California board-diversity bill
A member of the SEC has criticized efforts to boost the number of women on the boards of Californian companies via legislation...
