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In 2017 the G&A Institute Team Celebrates the Company's 10th Anniversary -- and Editor-in-Chief Ken Cynar's Continuing Efforts to Keep You Well Informed
Our mission includes sharing information and working to inform and educate managers in the corporate sector, and in the investment community, about the rising importance of corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, and the increasing focus by investors on all of this. Over time the preferred approach of combining corporate environmental management factors, the addressing of social or societal concerns, and adopting more effective and investor-responsive corporate governance by public companies -- the critical "ESG" factors -- included many issues and trend that were familiar to us. As a team, we had worked on these issue sets for many years as we counseled large company managements. Our first activity as we got underway was the launch of our Accountability Central web platform. Our colleague Ken Cynar organized the task, setting up his systems for scouring traditional and other media for "sustainability," "responsibility," "ESG" and related news, commentary and research results. Very early in the morning, Ken would scour to find (literally back then) a handful of content to share with our growing audience. Ten years on, Ken (our Editor-in-Chief) is at the top of his game. This is our 341st weekly issue of the newsletter. This week he shared with our readers more than 100 articles, all selected by hand, scanning some 1,000 (!) items every week. A typical week, says Ken, modestly. Ken joined our team after a distinguished career in government service almost 20 years ago. He brings you news and more from "everywhere," in that he has done his scanning, selection and "posting" from such locales as the Czech Republic (his most recent trip), Germany, Italy, France, and various places around North America. Ken's selections continue to populate our Accountability Central website; our SustainabilityHQ news selections, and of course, this newsletter. To Ken, our team member 10 years in -- thank you, and well done! Ken's selection for you as Top Story this week is a very interesting read. The panel convened in Singapore was supposed to talk about "Will Businesses Drive the SDGs?" -- but quickly veered into a discussion about the financial markets, not rewarding companies for improving their ESG performance...and so the SDG goals cannot be met. This turned out to be a very controversial dialogue -- one you'll want to tune in to. Many companies are mentioned as the conversation continued and points were made pro and con about sustainability issues and topics. Speaking of SDGs, G&A has developed an "SDG Alignment Analysis and Strategic Advice" service offering to help companies leverage and align with the SDGs to maximize the impact and value of their corporate sustainability journey and sustainability reporting. Find out more here.
Top Story Do financial markets care about sustainability?
Sustainability Trends, News & Issues in Focus 4 Unexpected Industries Driving the Sustainability Trend Why Keystone XL pipeline won't buy US steel, despite Trump's order Irish seafood group launches fishing sustainability standard 2016 Greenbuild Sustainability Report Do Board-Level Sustainability Committees Impact Company Performance? New report: Marketers feel held back by their employers on driving sustainability The ‘Hard Business Benefits’ of Sustainability Is sustainability sustainable? Source: Sustainable Brands - New research from sustainability consulting firm Pure Strategies reveals growth in corporate spending in sustainability; more than 80 percent of surveyed companies expect a budget increase from 2016 to 2017 with a third... Source: Global Risk Insights - Sustainability can be a daunting concept, especially for legacy firms: it is easy to get wrong, and its benefits are often not immediately apparent... The eco has landed: sustainability gets stylish News From the Corporate Sector: Exxon to invest $20 billion on US Gulf Coast refining projects Kraft Heinz faces 3 shareholder proposals to push sustainability Source: Sustainable Brands - But who inspires Bea Perez – Coca–Cola’s Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP of Global Assets, Partnerships, Innovation, Licensing, Retail & Attractions – and what are her values? Ikea Allocates €3B for Sustainability Investments
Source: Your Alaska Link - Anchorage, AK – Oil companies Repsol and Armstrong Oil and Gas discovered a major onshore oil find on the North Slope. The Horseshoe project is a portion of the Nanushuk prospect, within the Pikka Unit. On Women's Day eve, statue of girl stares down Wall Street Bull
Exclusive: Norway's wealth fund may blacklist firms over emissions, corruption risk Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs moves for more women and minorities on corporate boards
Opinion: Too Much Information on Sustainability Could Influence Consumer Habits for the Worst The Case for a Carbon Tax Sign up to be notified as we post new content to the G&A blog here.
FEATURED CONTENT: United States at Risk for Yellow Fever From Brazil Outbreak The raging bird flu in China is a good reminder the US isn't prepared for a pandemic Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock on Tyson-contracted farm Source: Collective-evolution - According to Volcano Discovery, 35 volcanoes are either currently erupting right now or just recently erupted all over the world. There are even more volcanoes with eruption warnings and tons of other volcanoes that are active...
Send the Oil: What America Gains from Trump's Big Energy Push No matter what Trump does, US cities plan to move forward on battling climate change
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In 2017, the G&A Institute team is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of our corporate sustainability consulting, counseling, advice and research firm. Many of us at G&A worked together in a prominent issues and crisis management consulting practice serving the Fortune 100 companies and many prominent multi-national businesses. Our former firm was acquired and the business was being wound down. And so, literally, in a garage with office space, G&A was launched.
“Wolf” Now at the Head of EPA – No Disguises Needed to Fool the Sheep (er, We-the-People)
SDG Alignment Analysis and Strategic Advice
