Sustainability Highlights

Source: Bloomberg - Shareholders are filing resolutions asking companies to disclose physical risks posed by climate change for the first time this proxy season, according to representatives of sustainable investor groups.Read full issue >

Source: Guardian.co.uk - Until recently, and in spite of worldwide civil society campaigns to the contrary, businesses refuted that corporations should be held accountable for human rights abuses. Human rights, it was said,... Read full issue >Read full issue >

Source: CSR Wire - It’s truly staggering how few companies new to the sustainability agenda understand the landscape in which they must operate. At best, they might be aware of the pesky ‘NGO movement.’ But the lens through which... Read full issue >Read full issue >

Source: Christian Science Monitor - A study suggests that human-caused and natural global warming episodes affect rainfall rates differently. The finding could help scientists better forecast what's ahead.Read full issue >

Source: USA Today - The global forum in Davos, Switzerland, which is mostly wrapping up Saturday, serves many different purposes: idea platform and generator, political logbook of the year gone by, corporate marketing exercise,... Read full issue >Read full issue >

Source: Hank Boerner, Chairman of the Governance & Accountability Institute - Trajectory – a path a "body" (such as a comet or bullet) follows, moving under a given force, says the Oxford Dictionary. Think of the "body" as an... Read full issue >Read full issue >

The Federal Reserve made it plain on Wednesday that job creation had become its primary focus, announcing that it planned to continue suppressing interest rates so long as the unemployment rate remained above 6.5...Read full issue >