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From Financial Materiality to Sesquimateriality

From Financial Materiality to Sesquimateriality

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...
Response to System Stewardship Challenges

Response to System Stewardship Challenges

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...
Vanguard and Universal Ownership

Vanguard and Universal Ownership

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...
A REFRESHING LOOK AT FIDUCIARY DUTIES—Significant New Report Shows that All Institutional Investing Must Be Responsible Investing 

A REFRESHING LOOK AT FIDUCIARY DUTIES—Significant New Report Shows that All Institutional Investing Must Be Responsible Investing 

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...
MEDIA, MARKETS, AND SYSTEMIC RISK —The Case for Media Companies to Convert to Public Benefit Corporations

MEDIA, MARKETS, AND SYSTEMIC RISK —The Case for Media Companies to Convert to Public Benefit Corporations

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...
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