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OPINION: The oil lobby and their false solutions are holding us back
It is imperative that New Mexico transition with all speed to an economy powered by renewable energy to insulate us from the instability caused by boom-and-bust oil and gas markets and the climate crisis. What stands in the way? Political leadership far too hitched to the logic of profit and power advanced by oil and gas lobbyists and executives. kAm%9:D >2J 36 2? :?4@?G6?:6?E ECFE9[ 3FE ECFE9 :E :D] q2D65 @?
Hybrid Targeted/Untargeted Screening Method for the Determination of Wildfire and Water-Soluble Organic Tracers in Ice Cores and Snow
Wildfires can influence the earth’s radiative forcing through the emission of biomass-burning aerosols. To better constrain the impacts of wildfires on climate and understand their evolution under future climate scenarios, reconstructing their chemical nature, assessing their past variability, and evaluating their influence on the atmospheric composition are essential.
What The Geopolitical Crisis Means For Your Sustainability Efforts
At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a wide divergence of opinion on the potential impact of the pandemic on corporate sustainability programs. For example, approximately 30% of sustainability executives thought the pandemic would increase their firm’s emphasis on sustainability, while only 10% of legal, governance and investor relations executives thought so.
How smaller companies can catch up on sustainability reporting
For many years the bulk of investor and stakeholder pressure on ESG issues focused on larger companies. Indeed, recent findings by The Conference Board in collaboration with Esguage and Heidrick & Struggles show that most smaller publicly traded firms remain on the sustainability-disclosure sidelines.
Tell your sustainability story authentically, effectively and reliably | Greenbiz
Companies face several challenges in telling their sustainability stories: ensuring they are authentic and true to the business; addressing multiple stakeholders’ interests while maintaining consistency; providing information that’s not just accurate but genuinely trusted; and managing the ever-evolving landscape of sustainability regulations, reporting frameworks and ESG rating firms.
Telling Your Sustainability Story: Overview
Companies traditionally communicate their sustainability activities to stakeholders through large, comprehensive reports, often running more than 100 pages, that go by a number of different names: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), or Sustainability. Almost all S&P 500 companies issue these reports, indicating that sustainability storytelling is now mainstream and expected of large US companies.
3 tips for anticipating investor requests on climate, water and biodiversity
2020 undeniably brought the "S" pillar of ESG into greater focus, including issues such as employee wellness, human rights, and diversity, equity and inclusion. But investors didn’t exactly ignore the "E" component and are poised to emphasize it even more in 2021 and beyond, according to a recent Conference Board corporate sustainability disclosure analysis.
Extinction Anxiety and Collective Madness – BillMoyers.com
Andreas Paul Weber. The Rumor The most powerful image of collective madness that I have ever seen is Andreas Paul Weber’s The Rumor, produced in Nazi Germany in 1942. Weber’s image may be as good a picture that we have of why Trump should be impeached for leading the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection. But the fact is that we are currently witnessing an upsurge of collective madness that is not limited to the political manifestations of rumor in Trump and Trumpism.
On Howling in Mill Valley and Walt Whitman’s "Barbaric Yawp" – BillMoyers.com
Italians may be singing their way through coronavirus catastrophe, but Americans are howling their way. Some Americans, that is – neighbors in Marin County, California, a few miles north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. They come out at night, and you just might hear them if you’re driving along Rt. 101. It’s not howling as we generally know it.
4 things you should know about sustainability reporting practices
A new report by The Conference Board reveals the latest trends in sustainability reporting. The analysis examined how nearly 6,000 companies in 26 countries are reporting on more than 90 environmental and social practices, ranging from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to boardroom diversity to water consumption. As companies prepare for the sustainability reporting season, here are four takeaways. 1.
What walls symbolize: We must understand their meaning to appreciate the power of what's at the center of the shutdown
President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes on March 13, 2018, in San Diego. (Evan Vucci / AP) After President Trump’s recently departed chief of staff, John Kelly, suggested that the border wall his former boss demands wasn’t actually a wall, Sen. Lindsay Graham added that the wall is merely “a metaphor for border security.” All the President’s men tried to "walk back” the wall, but Trump would have none of it.
Sustainability Practices: 2018 Edition
Sustainability Practices: 2018 Edition This report identifies key trends related to the corporate disclosure of environmental and social practices—encompassing, among others, atmospheric emissions, water consumption, biodiversity policies, labor standards, human rights practices, and charitable and political contributions.
Why we must diagnose Trump: Psychiatrists have a duty to educate the public
Since the expansion, psychiatrists are not allowed to make any comment about any observable aspect of a public figure’s emotional expression, speech, or behavior, which makes it tantamount to a gag order. In protest, members resigned in large numbers, including high-ranking officers, and prominent distinguished life members called for a discussion, if not a commission, to reexamine the rule. The APA refused.
CEOs Need To Put This Sustainability Trend On Their Radar
What if America’s CEOs could understand the full financial impact their company has on society? It could make them rethink their game plan for how they prevent workplace accidents, lessen air pollution, manage waste – the list goes on. With companies making a greater commitment to societal value these days, any approach that helps achieve it deserves a fair hearing in the corner office.
Say on Director Pay
Boards of directors have long set their own compensation, creating an inevitable conflict of interest, but change is on the horizon thanks to a recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling. Based on past court decisions, if shareholders voted to give directors the authority to use their discretion to make compensation awards to themselves, boards had significant protection against litigation challenging those decisions. This is known as the ratification defense.
Data breaches, illegal sales practices and more.
Directors and officers might want to start 2018 by doubling down on their oversight systems. Last year, boards and senior managers at several large corporations faced significant shareholder lawsuits over allegations they were not minding the store when their companies suffered high-profile traumas surrounding data breaches, sexual harassment and discrimination scandals or improper sales practices.
2018 Environmental, Social & Governance Issues
When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, socially conscious directors might consider tackling this trifecta: gender diversity, climate risk and sustainability-tied compensation. These issues stood out in a recent Conference Board study, which looked at transparency and performance in select areas of S&P Global 1200 companies. Gender diversity at the management and board levels Only 12% of North American companies disclose the percentage of women in management positions.
Board Size: Governance experts see smaller boards as more effective, but who’s listening?
Late last year, General Electric Company’s Chairman and CEO John L. Flannery announced plans to shrink the board to 12 directors from 18 as part of an effort to bolster growth. It was part of a board restructuring process, he added, to find “the right mix of composition of skills going forward to support the company.” The move was seen as positive by many governance experts.
How to tell if your CEO isn't being honest
AI, a focus on non-financial data and more may shed light. Investors who want to know what’s going on at a company beyond the quarterly financial results and standard accounting metrics have a growing wealth of sources to consult. That makes the audit committee’s task of staying on top of financial reporting integrity more challenging than ever. Digital analysis is beginning to unearth an explosion of data that companies will need to harness as part of any discussion of performance.
Sexual Harassment: Boards Can’t Be Silent
Company policies and more women on boards could stem financial fallout. The issue of sexual harassment has been kept quiet in the boardroom. The thorny topic is often treated under the larger umbrella of healthy company culture, says Eric McCarthey, a director for Spar Group, Salsbury Industries and Interra International LLC. At its core, he says, sexual harassment is a question of culture and tone at the top that can no longer be a “silent� issue or kept in a committee.
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Issues Knocking on Boardroom Door
ConocoPhillips Co. director Jody Freeman sees environmental, social and governance issues, or ESG, as part of the board’s key responsibilities and an essential part of strategic planning. “We play the same oversight and fiduciary role on behalf of shareholders on ESG issues as we do on everything else,” says Freeman, who sits on the public policy committee of the energy company. Encouraging corporations to consider the greater good is nothing new.
What are directors thinking? More action items
“For a couple of decades, globalization looked unstoppable. And a lot of businesses built their future on that assumption. The world has changed. The easy phase of linking the world together is over now, and a sense of growing crisis is running through nearly every element of politics, finance and technology. We don’t honestly know how this will end, but the historical examples of this kind of trouble are worrying.
Three ESG New Year’s Resolutions for Directors
Gender diversity, climate risk and sustainability-tied compensation are three key environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues that directors need to be thinking about next year. Those are just some of the findings of a recently released Conference Board study examining the transparency and performance of S&P Global 1200 companies regarding ESG issues.
CEOs Can’t Ignore These Three Proxy Season Votes
When reviewing this year’s proxy season, one takeaway looks certain to grab CEOs by the ear: The tremendous enthusiasm for environmental and social issues. The share of proposals on environmental and social issues (E&S) climbed to 43% – the highest in five years. Moreover, actual passage levels have risen. In 2017 so far, six proposals passed; in all of 2013 just four passed. While the intensity of support should matter to CEOs, so should the sources of support.
In the new ‘circular economy,’ sustainability is good business – and tech is leading the way
By 2030, the global middle class will grow from 2.4 billion to 5.4 billion people. That surge not only threatens the health of the environment, but also the health of businesses, through resource shortages disrupting supply chains and spiking the cost of raw materials. Metals, minerals, water – the list goes on. Despite the looming economic and environmental consequences, why have most U.S. companies taken few steps to up their sustainability game plans?
R B2B Podcast #74: IN THE ‘CIRCULAR ECONOMY,’ SUSTAINABILITY IS GOOD BUSINESS
The “circular economy” is about more than just sustainability or preserving the environment. It’s a new economic model based upon the idea of maximizing the lifetime value of resources for as long as possible, whether through recycling, reuse or sharing. It’s a concept that underscores the growth of the so-called “sharing economy” and is paying benefits in the form of new product concepts and improved customer engagement.
CEOs Reveal Their 2017 Sustainability Priorities
Some companies would like nothing better than to have the federal environmental restrictions that are cutting into their bottom line loosened. Yet customers and employees want companies to be more sustainable or they will go elsewhere. So whom does a CEO listen to? Some companies would like nothing better than to have the federal environmental restrictions that are cutting into their bottom line loosened. Yet customers and employees want companies to be more sustainable or they will go elsewhere.
4 reasons to be excited about sustainability in 2017
2016 brought significant progress on global sustainability issues. The beginning included the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, aimed at addressing global poverty and environmental protection. Then, about halfway through the year, the Paris Agreement received a significant boost with support from the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters: the U.S. and China. Despite the headway made, the end of the year brought serious uncertainty and fear about some gains being reversed.
Donald the Terrible: If Trump had a selfie stick, we’d all be in the picture
Because a single powerful leader will draw from the rest of us powerful projections ranging from savior to devil, from healer to destroyer, I have long been interested, as a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst, in the relationship between politics, mythology and psychology. For people like me, this is our year. Like many others, I didn’t take Donald Trump seriously at first.
If Donald Trump Had a Selfie Stick, We'd All Be in the Picture
Because a single powerful leader will draw from the rest of us powerful projections ranging from savior to devil, from healer to destroyer, I have long been interested, as a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst, in the relationship between politics, mythology and psychology. For people like me, this is our year.
A psychiatrist explains why Donald Trump is a selfie of America’s worst side
Because a single powerful leader will draw from the rest of us powerful projections ranging from savior to devil, from healer to destroyer, I have long been interested, as a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst, in the relationship between politics, mythology and psychology. For people like me, this is our year. Like many others, I didn’t take Donald Trump seriously at first.
Sustainability Practices 2015 Key Findings
Sustainability Practices 2015 Key Findings Not sure if your organization is a member? Created through a collaboration among The Conference Board, Bloomberg, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) the Sustainability Practices Dashboard 2015 is a web-based intelligence tool that captures data on 79 environmental and social practices of business corporations in the S&P Global 1200 and segments results by market index, geography, sector, and revenue group.
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