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Ben Maiden
Travelers creates sustainability chief role
The Travelers Companies has appointed Yafit Cohn to the newly created post of chief sustainability officer. She now leads Travelers’ ESG efforts and sits on the company’s ESG and disclosure committees. In her...Read more
Ben Maiden
STORE Capital hires general counsel and secretary
NYSE-listed STORE Capital Corporation has recruited Chad Freed to become executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective yesterday. Freed previously worked at Universal Technical Institute, which offers transportation technician training, as general...Read more
Ben Maiden
Carnival appoints compliance and ethics leader
Travel company Carnival Corporation has appointed former federal prosecutor Peter Anderson to the newly created position of chief ethics and compliance officer. Anderson will be responsible for directing strategy and a culture of...Read more

ESG

Ben Maiden
SEC urged to tackle companies’ ESG boasts
The SEC has received the latest request to act on ESG-related disclosures, although agency officials have indicated caution over prescriptive rulemaking in the area. McLean, Virginia-based Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal)...Read more
Andrew Holt
Hedge funds to increase ESG-linked investments, survey finds
Hedge fund firms expect to increase the amount they invest based on ESG factors next year, according to Iowa-based BarclayHedge. Fifty-eight percent of hedge fund assets will be tied to ESG criteria in...Read more
Sally Curley
Investors discuss future of ESG engagement at Sustainable Finance Forum
In mid-June, the University of Oxford and the Rothschild Foundation sponsored the 8th Sustainable Finance Forum, an invitation-only, limited attendance, event. The forum aimed to identify ESG-related initiatives, be a networking and idea-sharing...Read more
Hamish Galpin
Hermes: Industry ESG scores for small and mid-cap companies can be misleading
As the integration of ESG factors into investment decision-making becomes increasingly mainstream, over-reliance on simple answers and third-party industry data, rather than assessing complexities and directly engaging with companies, could lead to smaller...Read more

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