Stanislav Liaptcev
- Oct 10, 2022
How ESG Concerns Turn Business Decisions into Moral Obligations: McDonald's Set to Leave Russia
Pressure on ESG A corporation's long-term health and prosperity is still a significantly undervalued figure when compared to short-term...
Sanjit Ganguli
- Oct 4, 2022
50 Shades of Green: How Green are Green Bonds?
The World Bank defines Green Bonds as financial instruments which finance (or refinance) green projects and provide investors with...
Sam Cadd
- Aug 17, 2022
Elon Musk’s “Spam Bot” Problem
On April 25th 2022, Elon Musk entered a merger agreement with Twitter, Inc., in a highly publicized deal that has remained in the news...
Pedro Arango
- Aug 5, 2022
Climate Change and Caremark in the Context of Fossil-Fuel Companies
Pursuant to the Paris Agreement signed in 2015, hundreds of countries have committed to battle climate change and adopt measures aimed at...
Funmilayo Fenwa
- Jun 13, 2022
Should Large Index Funds Invest More Assets in Engagement and Stewardship?
Background Index funds replicate existing stock indices by buying shares of the member firms of a particular index, and holding them...
Ma Carla Mapalo
- Mar 10, 2022
Tenure-Based Voting: Is it Worth Trying?
Short-termism is currently a corporate governance concern. Data provides that the average holding period of public companies has been...
Funmilayo Fenwa
- Mar 6, 2022
Impact Investing: What is it and why consider it?
Now more than ever, companies are increasingly measured not only by their revenues, but also by the societal impact they have. As a...
Pedro Arango
- Mar 6, 2022
Climate Change and Fiduciary Duties in the context of Fossil-Fuel Companies
Aware of the risks that climate change poses to humankind, hundreds of countries around the world signed in 2015 the so-called Paris...
Gargi Bohra
- Feb 28, 2022
Benefit Corporations: Doing Well and Doing Good
37 States and territories (including Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico) have passed legislation allowing corporations to be registered as...
Pedro Arango
- Nov 30, 2021
ESG & Biden’s Administration: Department of Labor's & the SEC's recent efforts to enhance ESG's role
Several legal barriers have prevented institutional investors (including the employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement...