Many firms now report how they are doing along economic, environmental and social lines in what is called a sustainability report. But how effective are they, really?
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A new study finds that investors punish companies for behaving badly over three times as much if they have a record of saying they’re virtuous.
Many investors and corporations believe that accounting for the impact that businesses have on the environment, society as a whole and their own workforces benefits their bottom line.
To achieve environmental sustainability, we need strong corporate standards that are quantifiably enforced, accountants trained to accurately measure sustainability — and we must all play a role.
New research shows that when companies do things like give to charity or reduce their carbon footprint, consumers perceive their products as less risky.
A business ethicist explores whether cannabis stocks fit in with a socially responsible approach to investing.
A new kind of capitalism is emerging in which companies value communities, the environment and workers just as much as profits. Even the Business Roundtable agrees.
Many students and professors at US colleges and universities want their schools to divest holdings in fossil fuel companies, but it’s a hard sell for school administrators.
More CEOs and investors are looking to long term value over short term profits – an approach that may net them both.
Universities have the power to transform society not just through how they operate their campuses, but also through how they invest their endowments and pensions funds.
A recent study of firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange suggests that companies with gender-diverse boards are more responsible corporate citizens.
Efforts to break our financial addiction to the energy sector might find useful lessons in the slow decline of tobacco.
Tony Abbott’s criticisms of the ANU’s divestment decision will come back to bite him. The tide of change is such that Vice-Chancellor Ian Young and the ANU Council will be seen as leaders. Others will…
Once on the fringe of institutional investors’ considerations, reporting on environmental, social and governance related issues is now common practice among major listed companies. But the quality and…
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Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Lancaster University
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Professor of Climate Justice, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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Professor of Practice in Public Policy, Nonprofit Organizations, and Social & Environmental Enterprises, UMass Amherst
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Academic in the Department of Business Management, Stellenbosch University
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Academic in the Department of Business Management., Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Accounting, Durham University
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Full Professor of Sustainable Finance, Kedge Business School
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Professor of Finance, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Clemson University
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Associate Teaching Professor, Arizona State University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
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Professor, Haskayne School of Business and School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
