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The Year 2018: Significant Developments Moving Sustainable Investment and Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility Forward – The Pace is Exciting! We are just past one month into the year 2018 and there have already been significant advances that directly affect the lives of professionals and organizations in the fields of corporate sustainability and sustainable investing – the two vital halves of the capital markets – and in related fields. We’ve been bringing you the news and commentaries related to many of these advances in this, our weekly newsletter focused on many aspects of sustainability. We’ve been preparing in-depth management briefs as well for professionals and delivering these through our new web-based platform, “G&A Institute’s To the Point!”™ Here’s a quick look at some of these briefs – the in-depth background is available for you in the links provided here. About Capital “Providers” & “Capital Deployers (investors supplying and corporations accessing capital): the analysis and opinions/perspectives shared on “sustainable companies” and about “sustainable investing” are provided by influential third parties. One of These is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which has been providing Core Governance QualityScores to investor clients. These have been expanded to “E” (Environmental) and “S” (Social) QualityScores – and the first scores for 1,500 companies was released this week…there will be 5,000 total in 2018. There are two management briefs for you on the “G&A Institute” To the Point!” platform:
What about “sustainable investing”– does it really matter…does it produce Alpha…do investors care? We offer the “Proof of Concept”question for Sustainable Investing. The influential Barron’s editors weighed in first in October 2017 in announcing the editors would focus on sustainable investing, and then produced the inaugural “Top 100 Sustainable Companies” list this week. You’ll want to review our take on this significant media coverage in To The Point, here. And for our earlier background brief on Barron’s sustainable investing coverage here. The Barron’s coverage is here: We’re tracking things for you -- and delivering results through our various G&A Institute communication channels, like this weekly newsletter, edited by Ken Cynar (our editor-in-chief); in our G&A Institute Sustainability Update™ blog; and in the new G&A Institute’s To the Point!web platform (a combination of open access and subscription management briefs). And looking ahead into 2018… There’s more to come – Stay Tuned to G&A! About Sustainability: Progress Is Being Made - We See Forward Momentum! For Your Attention: The Editors' Scans Mixed results for Asia Pacific firms in 2018 sustainability ranking Tracking Forest Sustainability to Meet U.S. and International Goals Retailer-led sustainability programs: Do they actually help the environment? Report: sustainability drives shift to flexible packaging Why your employees need to buy into sustainability Economic Survey breaks new sustainability ground Selling Sustainability The Sustainability Movement Needs Community EU lays down roadmap for sustainable finance The Seven Cardinal Sins of Coffee Sustainability “Sustainability is the new organic” Super Bowl LII scores on sustainability Will sustainability be on CEOs' in-trays after Davos? Why it's time to align retirement funds with sustainability goals A Feature Article For You Our Focus This Week on A Range of ESG Topics & Issues – More Things to Think About… Americans are saving energy because fewer people go outside Companies Quarterly: 2018 Proxy Season Pointers, Disclosing the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” Shareholder Proposals and ICOs US Cities Most at Risk Because of Climate Change Are Least Energy-efficient, Data Indicate This disappearing Cape Town reservoir is a preview of climate nightmares to come News for You From the Corporate Sector -Both Positive & Negative - Headlines Honda, Nestle, Microsoft among companies recognized for sustainability Intel told Chinese firms of Meltdown flaws before the US government Volkswagen, BMW condemn use of monkeys in diesel fumes study Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway team up to lower healthcare costs for their workers — and maybe everyone And the firms affected by industry-sector upheaval and disruption So Long, Xerox: A Look Back at the Company Whose Name Became a Verb Sears lays off roughly 220 corporate workers 'effective immediately' News & Opinion: Asset Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds New York Pension Fund Doubles Bet on Low-Carbon Companies Trump Administration News / Affecting Directions on Governance and ESG Trump once again seeks to slash funding for clean energy in 2019 budget Trump administration strips consumer watchdog office of enforcement powers in lending discrimination cases |
G&A's To The Point! is a businesss intelligence web-platform resource. This management briefing service offers timely insights and perspectives on Corporate Sustainability, Responsibility & Citizenship.Click here to request a trial subscription. Below are links to a sampling of three recent briefs: ISS Unveils New Corporate “E” and “S” QualityScores For 1,500 Companies INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCH ALLIANCE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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G&A Institute Sustainability Update™ INTERNSHIP: SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS DATA ANALYST The Words From Davos In 2018: Sustainability, Responsibility…And More In This, The Fourth Industrial Revolutionhttp://ga-institute.com/Sustainability-Update/2018/02/02/the-words-from-davos-in-2018-sustainability-responsibility-and-more-in-this-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/ _________________________________________
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FLASH REPORT: 82% of the S&P 500 Companies Published Corporate Sustainability Reports in 2016 _________________________________________ GRI'S USA, UK & IRELAND
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