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Sustainability & ESG Trends in View Every week G&A Institute assembles the value-added content that our team gathers for you as we closely monitor trends and developments in corporate sustainability, corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, sustainable investing, and related topics and issues. Our Editor-in-Chief Ken Cynar leads the daily effort and you see the results of his work in each issue of Highlights (note we are on #406 this week). We hope that you benefit from this effort, part of our information-sharing and educational mission. One of the benefits for us on the G&A Institute team is the yield from the close and continuous tracking and deep analysis of important trends in the related fields in every corner of the world, and in varying spheres of influence. We are monitoring thought leaders on the corporate sector side, on the asset owner and manager side, from the perspective of the NGO or civic activist, the regulators, the academics, the ESG research service providers, and many more. As the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Data Partner for the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, our team collects, analyzes and databases considerable volumes of data and narrative from the more than 1,200 reports we process each year (the reports are then made part of the GRI global inventory for public access). From the thousands of corporate & institutional sustainability reports we process year-after-year, the yield includes value-added information on long-term trends, emerging trends, and “might-be-a-trend-taking-shape” development. And so high on our list is news, information, research results related to corporate sustainability and responsibility reporting. We highlight a few for you at the top of the newsletter this week. We share volumes of information through our communication platforms, such as this weekly newsletter; our G&A Institute company website; the Accountability Central and Sustainability HQ web platform; the G&A Sustainability Update blog; our Twitter, Facebook, and other social media feeds; and more in-depth management briefs through our “G&A Institute To the Point!” platform. IMPORTANT: As always, we welcome your engagement, invite your queries, your feedback, your suggestions for issues and trends to watch, and suggestions for the guidance of the information-sharing that we do. We'd also welcome the opportunity to speak with you about our consulting services. Email us at info@ga-institute.com. In this week’s issue, we’ve identified an especially higher number of important trends for you that are worth “tuning in to” as you continue on your sustainability journey. “Sustainability “ trends that are the march – worldwide! “Warm regards to you” from The Team at G&A Institute this sweltering summer in most parts! Top Stories -- Corporate & Institutional Sustainability Reporting Developments and Trends, Front & Center Companies find ways to tell their sustainability stories Are CSR Clauses Truly Effective in Improving Supply Chain Sustainability? Why New York City Is Reporting Its Sustainability Progress to the UN What happens when bad data drives sustainability policies?
Sustainability: Forward Momentum! For Your Attention: From the The Editors' Global Scans Tune in to these trends and developments pointing the way forward: The power of engagement and intrapreneurism in sustainability leadership Commentary: The private sector must be new champions of sustainable development The Business Case for Sustainability in Commercial Real Estate Are sustainability certification schemes fit for purpose? Packaging producers are not doing enough to convince consumers on sustainability costs Major US food companies form sustainability alliance Does sustainability lead to better companies? Our Focus This Week on A Range of ESG Topics & Issues – More Things For You to Think About -– What Will Be the Future Impact? Creating Genetically Modified Babies Is “Morally Permissible,” Says Ethics Committee Texas set to pass Iraq, Iran as world's third-largest oil producer Asthma deaths rise 25% amid growing air pollution crisis(UK) Oil majors win dismissal of New York City climate lawsuit People of all ages define the American Dream the same way — but millennials take it one step further From the Corporate Sector - Both Positive & Negative – There’s a Lot Going On – Headline Scans for You Remember the great line from the 1960’s movie, “The Graduate”? – About “Plastics”: Young Ben (played by Dustin Hoffman) is aimless and he is told by a knowing adult, “There’s a great future in plastics. “Plastics, Ben, plastics.” Well plastics are very much still in the news: That anti-straw movement? It's all based on one 9-year-old's suspect statistic Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws Disability rights groups question Starbucks’ straw ban Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Other Developments to Ponder UK under dangerous pressure to lower its sustainability commitments How to prevent your sustainability collaboration from failing 46 Sustainability Leaders (Who Are Also Women) McDonald’s To Serve Certified Sustainable Beef in Canada Palm oil sustainability group reinstates Nestle membership Papa John’s Further Shuns Founder, Evicting Him From Offices Google said to be fined record $5 billion by EU over Android, report After one month in role, Texas Instruments CEO ousted for personal conduct Deloitte’s 2018 Millennial Survey: Industry 4.0, Employer Loyalty and Business Ethics Warren Buffett finds an 'elephant' in Berkshire's own backyard Report: Wells Fargo will pay millions in refunds for pet insurance, other add-on products Merck pledges to cut prices for seven drugs News & Opinion: Asset Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds Goldman to formally name David Solomon next CEO early this week - NYT Malaysia expects to recover up to S$4.8 billion of 1MDB funds: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng Federal Reserve chair calls decline in workers' share of profits 'very troubling' New York State Common divests publicly traded prison holdings
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