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Tag: ESG

Celebrate Intelligize's One Year Birthday

Is the “Stakeholder” Movement Already Dead?

Celebrate Intelligize's One Year Birthday

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable (BRT) statement on corporate purpose. You remember it – the announcement that sparked debate about the core purpose of a corporation; BRT said they should look beyond shar...

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A Children's Playground with umbrellas and slides

Child Care Crisis a Hot Topic for Public Companies and Workforce

A Children's Playground with umbrellas and slides

You’ve probably heard about the contentious conference calls happening this summer. Calls in which administrators get peppered with questions about how they’ll handle COVID-19 in the fall. Calls in which parents grill leadership on school c...

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Apple products in the hardware aisle

Issuers Go DIY on Environmental Regulation

Apple products in the hardware aisle

In a movie from a more innocent age, Tom Cruise, playing sports agent Jerry Maguire, pleads with a self-absorbed client: “Help me help you.” In a nutshell, that summarizes the pitch just made by investors with nearly $1 trillion in assets t...

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Amplifying voices: Microphone confronting racial inequality

Issuers Pushed to Stand Up on Social Issues

Amplifying voices: Microphone confronting racial inequality

If you streamed Hamilton last weekend, you saw opposing sides of a question facing today’s public companies personified by two 18th-century politicians. The question is whether to stake out a position on hot-button issues. Aaron Burr cautio...

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Bundles of blueberries in cartons

SEC Checks Greenwashing at ESG Funds

Bundles of blueberries in cartons

When you buy “organic” blueberries at the grocery store, you should be able to trust the label. When you buy “plant-derived” baby soap, you should be able to trust the label. So, when you buy shares in an “ESG” (environmental, social and go...

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