Aside from the very real and immediate risks to human health and safety inflicted at landfall, hurricanes are also making people inhabiting these areas more vulnerable. Families with houses in Florida, along the Gulf, and even the West Coast (I wrote this as I hunkered through yet another California atmospheric river) are experiencing a new phenomenon known as “climate uninsurability.”
Read MoreWhy are Elon Musk and Mark Cuban publicly feuding over workforce diversity? The billionaire beef is part of a larger conversation making headlines on corporate programs meant to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.
Read MoreThe capital market paradigm has shifted and leading companies realize they have the opportunity to outperform by taking into account environmental and social risks coupled with transparent corporate governance.
Read MoreA groundbreaking 381-page report called “Expert Investigation Related to Cocoa and Chocolate Products,” is the culmination of a three-year research effort by four world-renowned experts.
Read MoreI once again took the liberty of marking up your CEO letter to show you how close you are to using the full extent of your power to solve the problems you so eloquently articulate about the existential issues confronting the entire economy and global society.
Read MoreThe June 14, 2021 Responsible Investor article “Four strategies for effective engagement: Why the nature of investor-corporate discussion is key for successful outcomes” purports to describe the nature of shareholder-corporate engagement.
Read MoreWe are engaging over 100 companies and escalating by filing 73 shareholder resolutions on a range of critical issues. We are calling for a commitment of absolute cuts in the use of plastic packaging . . .
Read MoreFor-profit firms have flooded money into prison and detention center infrastructure — and lobby for harsher policing and longer sentencing, even for non-violent offenders.
Read MoreThank you for standing up for values-aligned and ESG investing and opposing this unjust restriction of our freedom to make our own investing decisions.
Read MoreThere are currently 110 million U.S. employees with $8.4 trillion invested in corporate retirement plans and demand for values-based investment options is on the rise. However, it is often the case that the investment options in the company-defined 401(k) are often not in alignment with the company's stated values and sustainability goals.
Read MoreI’m Andrew Behar, CEO of the non-profit As You Sow. This shareholder resolution, is of the utmost importance as it asks the critical question: How do words become actions?
Read MoreIf there is one takeaway from the pain and anguish of COVID-19 it is that we now have dramatic proof that: SCIENCE = LIFE IGNORANCE = DEATH.
Read MoreWhile our staff and millions of people around the world shelter-in-place, factories are shuttered, planes sit idle, and cars are off the roads; there is no doubt that this economic halt from the coronavirus pandemic is incredibly painful and this uncertainty will last for months.
Read MoreBlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s 2020 annual letter sounds fantastic. It declares that the world’s largest asset manager will prioritize climate risks in investing. It acknowledges that “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects.
Read MoreToday, nearly 200 CEOs of the world’s largest corporations did an about-face with an updated “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” from the Business Roundtable.
Read MoreAnyone with a workplace retirement account may be profiting from the sales of guns and ammunition. Vanguard, iShares from Blackrock, Fidelity, and State Street are all heavily invested in gun makers. Walmart employees are protesting the company’s selling of firearms.
Read MoreMonster Beverage has an obligation to its consumers, its shareholders, and the employees of its supply chain to be transparent. Transparency is the first step in making progress toward ending modern slavery.
Read MoreWhen positive change doesn’t come from the federal government, or from corporations, who can we rely on? More than ever, it is clear that investors who use their voices as a powerful force for positive change can make a difference at companies that want to thrive and survive in the future.
Read MoreThe financial sector plays a role funneling billions of dollars to companies that make the weapons used in mass shootings, and these banks and lenders are increasingly acknowledging a moral responsibility to shun these weapon companies, even if legislators won’t.
Read MoreIt is welcome and long-overdue to have BlackRock adopt the language and join the ranks of thoughtful investors that use their power to press companies to adopt strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies and practices.
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