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Category: ESG

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Will the SEC Make an Example Out of Facebook?

Dice with "like" and "dislike" sides

Facebook infamously began in the early 2000s as a dorm-room lark by Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg. Now nearly 20 years old, what was once a killer app stopped being cool years ago. It has become an online hub for a strange conf...

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New EU Sustainability Reporting Standards Could Offer Blueprint for U.S.

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In the United States, the Green New Deal is a political hot-button issue. In Europe, it’s a set of policies that already have been adopted to transform the European Union’s economy and combat climate change. That includes how companies disc...

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Will Disabilities Fall Under the SEC’s Vision of Diversity?

Meeting with Colleague to discuss Rules

Researchers at Michigan State University last year published some intriguing findings on office culture. Their question: How does including employees with disabilities impact workplace productivity? Their answer: Significantly, and for the...

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SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

As the Securities and Exchange Commission edges closer to requiring corporations to disclose information related to climate change, the agency has provided companies with a sample letter to give them a better idea of what their future inter...

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Amazon’s Tuition Benefit a Sign of Rising Interest in Human Capital

Amazon’s Tuition Benefit a Sign of Rising Interest in Human Capital

Amazon’s Tuition Benefit a Sign of Rising Interest in Human Capital

To hear labor activists and some employees tell it, “Out of sight, out of mind” would be an apt description of Amazon leaders’ attitude toward the strenuous working conditions in the company’s warehouse distribution centers. Earlier this ye...

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