SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization and their recent activity as monitored by SHQ.

View an archive of previous "SHQ Highlights" here: http://www.sustainabilityhq.com/sustainabilityhq-home/weekly-highlights/

Sign up to receive this weekly newsletter here: http://www.sustainabilityhq.com/nc/register/

Content from this campaign

Media & Communications

America's Tech Giants Address Climate Change, Global Warming With Bold Initiatives in 2020
Global warming? Well, we have to say that it certainly is a hot summer in many parts of the world (north of the Equator) and the U.S. National Hurricane Center has a large list of names for the storms to come.

Media & Communications

Americans Tuning in to Sustainability During Crises, Expecting “More” From Government and Corporate Sector
According to responses to a June on-line survey of 2,000 adults in the U.S.A. for “clean manufacturing” leader Genomatica, sustainability is now a top-of-mind issue

Media & Communications

In Focus: Climate Change Challenges for Financial Sector Players and the Companies They Provide With Capital - Measuring and Managing the Risk
Several encouraging developments for you from the (1) capital markets community and (2) the corporate sector and (3) the combining of forces of each.

Media & Communications

The S&P 500® Universe -- Setting the Pace for Corporate Sustainability Reporting: 90% Mark Reached!

Media & Communications

GRI & SASB 2020 Collaborate To Better Understand The Use Of The Two Standards Together In Corporate ESG Reporting
Two heavyweights in the corporate reporting frameworks/standards arena have announced intentions to move closer to help promote “clarity and comparability in the sustainability landscape” – GRI and SASB.

Media & Communications

Proof of Concept: In Time of Crisis, Sustainable Investing Stays Strong and in Favor With Investment Professionals
It has taken some time for sustainable investing trends to capture wider investor attention and to persuade asset managers of the importance of ESG performance factors in normal times

Media & Communications

Moving the World Forward Toward a More Sustainable Future: The Member Nations of the United Nations, Working Collaboratively For Progress in the 21st Century
“The United Nations” began as a World War II era concept as President Franklin D. Roosevelt talked about the allies of the United States partnering in the fight to save democracy and collectively battling the regimes of fascist dictators in Europe and Asia. On January 1, 1942, 26 nations “united” in Washington DC to battle the “Axis” powers.

Media & Communications

Will We Ever See SEC Rules/Guidance for Corporate ESG Disclosure and Reporting? The Question Hangs in the Wind...
Questions: What about the dramatically-increasing corporate ESG / sustainability / responsibility / citizenship disclosure and reporting?

Media & Communications

There, in the Company's 401-K Plan - Do You Have the Choice of ESG Investments? Ah, That Would Have Been Good for You to Have in the Recent Market Downturn...
As many more institutional investors move into ESG / sustainable investing instruments and asset classes, the question may be asked: What about the individual investor…the family huddling to discuss what to do in the midst of the virus crisis?

Media & Communications

Questions We Are Thinking About in the Midst of Major Disruption on Sustainable Investing Trends & Corporate Sustainability Journeys
As the global coronavirus pandemic continues to uproot our normal business, financial, economic and personal pursuits, questions that we could logically ask are (1) what impact does the virus crisis have on the ongoing corporate sustainability...

More from Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

  1. SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights
    Highlighting the top news, commentary, and research for the week coming from SHQ. The highlights newsletter also spotlights one profiled organization...

  2. Sustainability - What Matters?
    Governance & Accountability Institute is pleased to present the highlights of its comprehensive "Sustainability - What Matters?" research project...

  3. FOOD & AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN FOCUS REGISTER NOW FOR THE GRI BUSINESS TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IN ORLANDO, FL APRIL 9TH & 10TH
    Sustainability Reporting Food & Agriculture Focus, LIVE Panel Discussion sponsored by Darden Restaurants and Sustainable Florida, GRI G4 Certification...