Jun 25, 2021

Investors are increasingly calling on companies to reflect climate-related risks in their financial results. In September 2020, global investor groups representing more than $103 trillion wrote an open letter asking companies and their auditors to include climate-related risks in financial reporting.

Accounting standard...

Jun 18, 2021

On June 17, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
In this episode, we’re looking at how corporate America is changing its approach to diversity — and race in particular.
June 19th, or Juneteenth, marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865. But the ugly...

Jun 11, 2021

Regulators and supervisors around the world are increasingly concerned about the effects of climate change on financial stability. So they’re turning to climate stress tests to amass key data on financial institutions’ exposure to potential stranded assets and their ability to manage risk.

Since the 2008 financial...

Jun 4, 2021

Last week the ESG world saw a major shakeup at one of the world’s largest oil majors. Specifically, at Exxon Mobil’s annual proxy meeting, shareholders voted to replace three board members with directors put forward by a small activist investor group — known as Engine No. 1. The group claimed Exxon was not moving...