Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate leaders are grappling with an explosion of ESG ratings, rankings and grades.

ESG metrics are growing in popularity but are still far away from being standardized.

Jay Lurie, currently chief investment officer of DC Green Bank, has more than a decade in financing and infrastructure development worldwide in positions at Macquarie, Credit Suisse, and the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). He talks with Global Finance about climate change and the finance sector.

Can a veteran of the coal business make Glencore more of ann environmentally friendly company?

Investor demand, bolstered by Covid-19 concerns, have kicked off a global surge in social bond issuance.

Kate Dodson, Vice President for Global Health at the UN Foundation, discusses WHO’s Strategic Preparedness Response Plan.

A message from the editors of Global Finance magazine.

WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund has been instrumental in enlisting a wide range of support to fight Covid-19.

Massimiano Tellini, Intesa Sanpaolo’s global head of Circular Economy, speaks to Global Finance about what a circular economy is and why it is relevant now.

The market for green bonds could surpass US$1 trillion early in the first half of 2021.

R. Edward Freeman, an American philosopher and Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School at the University of Virginia, discusses his stakeholder theory and his work on business ethics.

As investors and other stakeholders apply pressure for sustainable policies on the environment and society, companies are changing their ways, somewhat—and also pushing back.

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America may also have women CEOs soon.

Quintessential Capital Management Managing Partner Gabriel Grego explains why his much-maligned “short activism” is good for investors and markets.

The five-year bond will enhance Henkel’s commitment to 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025.

Most 2020 annual general meetings will be conducted virtually, possibly sparking a permanent change in shareholder participation.

Natasha Lamb is managing partner and director of Equity Research and Shareholder Engagement at Arjuna Capital, an investment firm focusing on sustainability and impact. Arjuna allows clients to align investments with their values. Global Finance asked Lamb to explain strategy and results.

Capitalism is increasingly interested in another kind of green.

Water is critical to business, and with supplies increasingly at risk, companies cannot take it for granted anymore.

Ron Dembo is a modern-day Renaissance man, with several advanced STEM degrees, three published books, successful startups and a handful of patents in computational finance under his belt. Now, the world-renowned expert on risk and climate change has a new venture to harness artificial intelligence to measure the financial impacts of climate change. He spoke with Global Finance about how climate change requires new approaches to risk analysis.