Corporate Social Responsibility

Some political leaders are making progress in combatting climate change at COP27 while others are playing the blame game.

As banks and corporates grapple with regulatory and consumer demand for increased ESG practices in trade and trade finance, they face the need for independently scored transactions to overcome investor skepticism.

Patagonia’s move comes as more companies try to give Mother Nature legal standing. 

In 2017, Bulchandani led ‘The Fearless Girl’ campaign, which challenged the male dominance of Wall Street’s charging bull statue, by counterposing a bronze statue of a defiant young girl facing it down.

As ESG continues to trend throughout the world, more regulations for disclosing methods are being put in place.

Companies are introducing circularity to their supply chains to mitigate human impact on the global climate.

The growing popularity of ESG investing has triggered a backlash in the other direction.

The market for financial products to support renewable energies and the transition to sustainable business practices continues to evolve, with sustainability-linked bonds and loans soaring in growth.

As the MENA region prepares to host the world’s major climate-change policy event, COP27, Global Finance explored the region’s sustainability commitment and sustainable finance initiatives in a discussion with experts from MENA’s leading banks.

Bennett Freeman, associate fellow of Chatham House and former SVP of Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments, speaks to Global Finance about environmental, social, and governance efforts worldwide.

Iowa's largest home lender is changing how borrowers are vetted to boost minority home ownership.

Newly minted ESG teams, chief ESG officers and chief sustainability officers are becoming more common in the corporate world.

Unionization efforts at Apple, Amazon and Starbucks appear to be exceptions to the rule of fewer workers in unions overall.

A survey by the Society of Human Resources Management shows that 86% of employers are willing to welcome back quitters.

Like BP, Norway’s Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies, Shell’s leadership decided that the war with Ukraine made it impossible to maintain its business in Russia. 

Private companies take a growing role, as innovations and data needs expand the sector.

The move follows similar stock market listings of Geely-owned foreign marques, including Volvo Cars, which floated in Stockholm last year.

The wealthy are ready for a more sustainable future, but struggling with just how to get there.

Transition bonds are providing a way for companies in hard-to-abate industries to deliver net-zero emissions.

The effect of the Glasgow COP26 meeting continues to grow and is now propelling the carbon-trading market.