Environment

We talked to Charlie Penner of the activist fund Engine No. 1 and Aeisha Mastagni of pension fund giant CalSTRS about the “Reenergize Exxon” campaign.

For corporations, bold action on climate is already a must. Net-zero commitments – essentially, a promise to balance GHGs emitted with GHGs removed and/or avoided – are everywhere.

This week’s chart takes a look at an intriguing correlation we found in our data – companies with diversity & inclusion policies and targets also tend to produce less greenhouse gas emissions.

“This is the future. And we need to make that future happen as quickly as possible otherwise we’re just a caretaker of a museum,” he said.

This week, we highlight how investment strategies are rapidly realigning to account for climate change.

We are celebrating the achievements of some of the most important Black women leaders in business, including Rosalind Brewer and Thasunda Duckett, who will be the only two Black women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

With the societal and legal move towards decarbonization, utilities that emit a comparatively high amount of carbon are challenged by stranded assets and/or potentially high costs to upgrade equipment.

investors are becoming sophisticated enough to tell the difference between greenwashing and value creation…and this Exxon case proves it.

The majority of Americans believe that business and government should join forces to address racial inequality, business/jobs recovery, climate crisis, economic inequality, and the public health crises.

Will business leaders continue to take a stand on the critical social issues of our time?

Companies with overall lower environmental impacts outperform their peers.

Nadella explains how Microsoft is working to make stakeholder capitalism a reality, in light of COVID-19, our national reckoning with racial injustice, and challenges to American democracy.

How do you create an economy that works for all? Martin joins “Unfinished” to discuss the path forward with Angela Glover Blackwell (Founder in Residence, PolicyLink) and David Leonhardt (Senior Writer, New York Times).

These are the corporations at the forefront of stakeholder-driven leadership.

We take a closer look at a key point from the CEO Blueprint for Achieving Racial Equity, which we developed with FSG and PolicyLink.

Companies should use the opportunity that climate week represents to consider extending their engagement on limiting their carbon emissions across their whole value chain.

Milton Friedman and his peers set America on the course of shareholder primacy. Business leaders and academics are considering what must be done for a stakeholder-driven alternative.

As we prepare our annual rankings, we are considering a new way that companies might reduce their environmental impact – the reduction of air travel.

This week, we take a closer look at the financial impacts of environmental disclosure vs. non-disclosure.

This week, we evaluate the rate at which carbon-efficient companies grow their operating income over the trailing five-year period.

In our latest Chart of the Week, we show that a lower carbon footprint can actually be beneficial for a company’s bottom line.

“We embrace truth and transparency. We set metrics, we manage them, we report them – not only to show the progress that we’re making, but also to hold ourselves accountable.”

Alignment across business, government, and markets will be necessary to build a more just, and equitable future for all – including our planet.

These JUST companies have unveiled ambitious initiatives that we’ll be tracking closely over the coming months and years.