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_______________________________ Many Reasons to Contact _______________________________ Corporate ESG Performance Factors & SustainabilityHQ Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental issues and impacts, the company’s positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and important aspects of corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are considered by investors as proxies for effective governance and management. Increasing numbers of of independent research and financial analysis firms monitor and measure these and advisie investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled and monitored by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we provide some results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news. The Associated Profiles indicated are in our platforms. For more information, please email us at info@sustainabilityhq.com
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Are We Experiencing a New Wave in Corporate Sustainability? The Economist Editors Think So / And Explain There’s an interesting take by the influential The Economist magazine – on corporate sustainability. The editors have been focusing on sustainability, CR, and related topics for a decade or more. In the latest exploration of the topic, the editors look at what they see as the “first wave” of corporate sustainability, which (they say) focused on specific objectives that were measurable: cost saving; increased share price valuation; protecting license to operate. (All sound intentions, we could say, and if achieved, a measure of good management.) And they explain the “second wave” is emerging: that is, say the editors and the folks they interview, more specific objectives set and focus on key targeted audiences, or constituencies, to make favorable impressions (suppliers, customers, investors). As corporate sustainability journeys mature, objectives are set with both company and key stakeholders in mind. Unilever, aiming to help a billion people improve their health and well-being. In this way, sustainability becomes more a core part of overall strategy, not a standalone or “accompanying” strategy. We see this in our close monitoring of corporate sustainability reports. The leaders are more “wholistic” in their views of what the strategies and actions are, and what they accomplish (or intend to accomplish). It reminds the G&A team of the 1980s rhetorical question – what business are you in? Answer: Airlines – in transportation, in leisure and travel, not just aircraft operations. Stock brokerage: helping people build wealth and create security (not just selling stock for commission). The sustainability leaders are thinking through the meaning of their business operations and what their stakeholder expectations are or might be – and what is material to disclose and explain. The Economist article is a new presentation of the changing face of corporate sustainability – what the editors think of as “the new wave.” Good read for you as the calendar pages turn and here in the USA we begin what is essentially a new business year (as summer winds down). Top Story of the Week A new green wave Sustainability in Focus Sustainable Supply Chains - 3 Ways To Reduce Procurement Risks Is sustainability reporting missing the mark? 5 ways to prevent sustainability efforts from failing Big Food Acquires Green Companies To Boost Sustainability, But Does It Work? How to growth-hack a sustainable future Yale journal explores advances in sustainable manufacturing Nespresso to Invest in $550 Million Sustainability Program Citi’s Pam Flaherty sees sustainability for operations and investors Sustainability: The Universal Solvent of Private Property Rights Saving Money Is No. 1 Sustainability Driver ESG Issues & Players
Five Trends that Show Corporate Responsibility is Here to Stay Mexico poised for an ‘energy renaissance’ following reforms (Wednesday - August 27, 2014) Source: USA Today - Human influence on the planet's climate is clear and having "widespread and consequential impacts on human and natural systems," some of which may be irreversible, says a draft report out today from a United Nations science panel... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds America Accelerates As Growth Gallops At 4.2% CalPERS and CalSTRS Post Annual Returns Above 18% How American companies change their address to avoid corporate taxes See you in court, Libya tells Goldman Sachs Watching the Watchers
CWR is a collaborative group that incorporates business, scientific, and national security concerns as it looks for market-based technologies for mitigating climate change and creating a post-carbon economy. Sir Richard Branson (Virgin) co-founded Carbon War Room in 2009. Other founders listed on the CWR site are Virgin Unite, Michael Haas, Vladas Lasas, Strive Masiyiwa, Shelly Meyers, Boudewijn Poelmann, and Mark Shuttleworth. News Sweeps Brazil World Cup team flies high on sustainable jet fuel Delta joins efforts to accelerate renewable jet fuel commercialization | ||||||||||||
SustainabilityHQ Highlights is prepared by the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. based on continuous monitoring of trends and developments in Sustainability and ESG. The SustainabilityHQ™ platform is available by subscription. Governance & Accountability Instiute is the “Sustainability Headquarters™” for clients in the corporate, investment, public and social sectors. Based in New York, G&A is a for-profit consulting organization providing a range of value-added strategies, services and resources related to ESG & sustainability to clients in the corporate and capital markets communities.The G&A services portfolio includes: SustainabilityHQ™ is managed and published by Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. | ||||||||||||
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