ESGClimate goals reported across multiple corporate sources, study finds Aug 22, 2023Garnet RoachThe vast majority (96 percent) of companies publish voluntary climate goals, data or metrics in their sustainability or CSR report,...Read more
ESGCalSTRS: Mandatory GHG reporting may be here by year-end Aug 14, 2023Garnet RoachCalSTRS , the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, says it expects greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions reporting to become...Read more
Shareholders & activismInvestors and companies press US authorities to defend sustainable finance Mar 24, 2023Ben MaidenHundreds of investors, companies and other organizations have signed a statement calling for state and federal policymakers to avoid...Read more
Regulatory & complianceCalSTRS wants broader Scope 3 inclusion in SEC climate plan Jun 29, 2022Ben MaidenCalSTRS is pressing the SEC to go further with its climate risk disclosure plans by, among other things, throwing a wider net to take...Read more
Regulatory & complianceThe week in GRC: SEC proposes increased proxy voting disclosure and private equity firms target ESG reporting Oct 01, 2021Ben Maiden– Bloomberg spoke to activist investor Engine No 1’s CEO Jennifer Grancio about her firm’s strategy, its ExxonMobil boardroom victory...Read more
Shareholders & activismHow CalSTRS makes sustainability work Jun 21, 2019Ben MaidenAs a portfolio manager, how do you interact with other teams within CalSTRS on ESG issues? The group I’m in used to be called...Read more
CareersCalSTRS hires new corporate governance head Oct 31, 2018Ben MaidenCalSTRS has hired Kirsty Jenkinson as its next director of corporate governance, starting in January 2019. Jenkinson is joining...Read more
Regulatory & complianceInstitutional investors lukewarm on CEO pay-ratio disclosure May 07, 2018Ben AshwellThis spring, US companies are for the first time reporting their CEOs’ pay relative to median worker pay. But despite months of...Read more
Shareholders & activismThe week in GRC: Equifax shareholders re-elect directors, and Xerox CEO reverses exit decision May 04, 2018Ben Maiden– Bloomberg reported that two security consultant firms estimate energy companies, ranging from drillers and pipeline operators to...Read more
ESGPutting the S in ESG Apr 12, 2018Garnet Roach'I don’t know who put ESG together, but it makes no sense,’ says Mikkel Skougaard, group sustainable development senior expert – and...Read more