by jennifer@theshareholdercommons.com | Jun 3, 2022 | Category1
Rick argued in a piece at The Harvard Governance Forum that the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”) ought to widen its aperture to prevent its own obsolescence. He also coined a new word. Here’s an excerpt: Corporate social responsibility. Socially... 
by jennifer@theshareholdercommons.com | Mar 4, 2022 | Category1
A recent article by Marcel Kahan and Edward B. Rock critiqued the sort of system stewardship we promote at TSC. While several correspondents have pointed to this article as taking a side against system stewardship, it is much more a tour of the landscape that... 
by jennifer@theshareholdercommons.com | Nov 8, 2021 | Category1
In late September 2021 , the Europe-based organization Universal Owner, led by founder Thomas O’Neill (also a cofounder of InfluenceMap), released an important report on Vanguard, the world’s second largest asset manager, which controls assets worth US$7.2... 
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Category1
[You can download a printable PDF version of this memo here.] In 2005, powerhouse law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer shook up the investment world with A Legal Framework for the Integration of Environmental, Social and Governance Issues into Institutional... 
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Sep 15, 2021 | Category1
You can download a printable PDF version of this memo here. On September 14, 2021, The Shareholder Commons initiated an investor campaign to convert media corporations to public benefit corporations (PBCs) with a specific purpose of providing accurate information. The...