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Tag: Sustainability

Activist Investors Use SEC’s Shift to Press Companies on Climate and Social Agendas

When it comes to pushing for clean energy and environmentally responsible policymaking, publicly traded companies talk a big game. Their actions don’t match the rhetoric, though. That’s the takeaway offered by a report from sustainability a...

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Charges Against Brazilian Mining Company Tests SEC’s ESG Authority

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s foray into required corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues has been the top story in financial regulation since the start of the Biden administration. To this point, howev...

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Can ESG Handle Adding an H?

The concept of corporate sustainability has evolved over time beyond just environmental concerns such as carbon emissions and pollution. It now incorporates social and governance issues ­– the “S” and “G” to go with the “E” of what is commo...

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Working with Big Oil is Bad PR for Edelman

Activism to fight climate change most often gets associated with corporations that make – or take – things, such as energy companies and auto manufacturers. In reality, companies that contribute most directly to pollution rely on a latticew...

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

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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