Corporate boards in the U.S. see significant risk to their companies in speaking out on social issues, in an environment of heightened political scrutiny, with less than a fifth of directors believing that they should encourage C-Suite leaders to speak publicly to reinforce company values, according to a new survey released by board education provider Corporate Board Member, GRC solutions…
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of limiting climate change, unveiled its updated plans for the process to develop its new Corporate Net Zero Standard. The SBTi launched its flagship Corporate Net-Zero Standard in 2021, used to assess and certify companies’ decarbonization commitments to achieve net…
Headlines are grim for sustainable investments. But headlines are frequently misleading. To paraphrase Mark Twain, the figures suggest reports of its death may be somewhat premature. First of all, though, a caveat: how one defines “sustainable” greatly affects the calculation, as does the market on which one focuses. Here I’m focusing on the UK market, with a rather restricted definition…