These are the top issues the ESG world is focused on in 2020
"Baby steps are equivalent to nothing in this day and age." This is what Mindy Lubber told ESG Insider, an S&P Global podcast about the environmental, social and governance issues shaping company stra...
14 Jan 202022min
Inside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields
In this episode of ESG Insider, S&P Global Market Intelligence reporter Gautam Naik takes listeners inside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields. He visited Uzbek cotton field...
19 Des 201917min
PE's approach to ESG evolving, but could be mandatory in future
Private equity investors are paying increasing attention to environmental, social and governance factors and in response many firms are implementing strategies to ensure portfolio companies are screen...
16 Des 201915min
The problem with social audits
Social audits are used by consumer goods companies to identify potential human rights abuses, labor violations, and other ESG risks in their supply chains. But critics argue that social audits fall sh...
25 Nov 201922min
How a non-profit is using technology to fight child labor in the cocoa industry
Child labor has been a longstanding scourge in the $100-billion cocoa industry for more than two decades. Despite efforts by U.S. Congressmen, African governments, the world's biggest chocolate compan...
28 Okt 201914min
New EU taxonomy helps investors, companies identify green investments
A proposed new European Union green classification system would help investors and companies identify and make environmentally friendly decisions and may evolve over time to include rules for social a...
22 Aug 201927min
SEC's Peirce worries ESG movement could hinder corporate performance
The environmental, social and governance movement could weaken the performance of companies that have already done a lot of good for society, Commissioner Hester Peirce of the U.S. Securities and Exch...
24 Jun 201926min
Post 'Me Too' movement, gender pay equality efforts gain momentum
"The environment in which the debate is happening, it's not like it was 10 years ago. We're in the midst of a 'Me Too' movement, we're in the midst of a very, very public discussion about equal pay." ...
14 Mai 201918min
