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It’s Official: New Climate Risk Disclosure Rules Are Coming Soon from the SEC

ESG Communication

The U.S. has largely lagged behind European regulators when it comes to detailed mandatory climate change reporting. But a bevy of recent activity indicates that the U.S. is quickly making up ground. Last week, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler drew a...

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Your Social Communications Are Missing the Mark: A Framework for Speaking Investors’ Language

ESG Communication

If you spent more time talking about social issues in 2020 than ever before, you’re not alone. In the wake of unfortunate societal events like the death of George Floyd, Facebook’s data privacy violations, and Foxconn’s abhorrent working conditions, 2020...

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No One Gets a Pass on Climate Change: How to Start Sharing Your Story Now

ESG Communication

News about climate change is everywhere. Stretching from record-breaking heatwaves to corporate commitments toward lowering carbon footprints and international summits on how countries can address this border-defying megatrend. The climate change crisis has dominated headlines for decades. Therefore, you can...

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Stop Treating ESG Like an Afterthought

ESG Communication

12 Ways to Weave ESG into Every Part of Your Investment Proposition Many companies believe they are effectively telling an ESG story and conveying an enterprise-wide “commitment “to ESG because they have an ESG slide in their pitch deck. You...

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Why ESG Deserves a Slide at Your Next Investor Day

ESG Communication

If you are thinking about planning an investor day, you aren’t alone. Whether virtual or in-person, investors are looking for companies to update them on their strategy in a post-COVID world. This strategy should also include how the company is...

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Show Your Colors: Shareholders Want More Diversity Disclosure - And For Good Reason

ESG Communication

As requirements on diversity disclosure become more standardized, investors want to know how companies are integrating this sustainability factor in their strategies. And they are treating a lack of disclosure on gender and ethnic diversity as risk. Specifically, investors are...

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The Verdict on ESG Disclosure: Your General Counsel Holds the Keys

ESG Communication

By nature, General Counsels (GCs) subscribe to the philosophy of less is more. If you do not have anything 100% legally sound to say, better not to say anything at all. But this can become a big problem when it...

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5 Steps to Building a Customized Materiality Assessment

ESG Communication

The mandate to broaden reporting on ESG factors is no longer debatable, but which factors to report on – now that is a different story. While climate and emissions may be top priority for a chemicals company, this may not...

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Why Your ISS Governance Scores Just Went Down – And What You Can Do About It

ESG Communication

In late January, many companies saw their ISS ESG Governance Quality Score change overnight, without any changes to their actual ESG governance practices. The culprit? Some pretty substantial updates to two new subcategories that fall under the audit category: Information...

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5 Mistakes to Avoid in your CD&A Before you File your Proxy Statement

Proxy Advisory

With the deadline for calendar-year companies to file proxy statements fast approaching, now is a good time to review investors’ and proxy advisors’ expectations. Many institutional investors have made it clear they expect changes in executive compensation programs due to...

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How to Respond to Buy-Side ESG Priorities in 2021

ESG Communication

In it’s Winter 2021 issue of IR Update magazine, published by the National Investor Relations Institute, Elizabeth Saunders wrote an article that discusses what buy-side investors are saying about how companies need to demonstrate their commitment to ESG. To download...

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Dear CEOs: The Clock Is Ticking - 4 Actions to Take Now in Response to the New BlackRock Letter

ESG Communication

Corporate executives tend to approach Larry Fink’s annual letter with some wariness. These notorious communications hit the mainstream when the BlackRock chairman somewhat controversially called for the end to short-term guidance and corporate “near-termism” in 2016. And Mr. Fink was...

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