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Duke Energy CEO explains new climate, environmental justice moves
Season 2 Episode 13
Duke Energy Corp. President, CEO and board Chair Lynn Good sat down for an exclusive interview just hours after the electric utility company held its…
5 years, 6 months ago
The 'name and shame' game: How 2 state laws tackle corporate racial diversity
Season 2 Episode 12
Illinois and California have passed new corporate racial diversity laws to prod publicly traded companies to embrace racial diversity on their boards…
5 years, 7 months ago
Walmart sustainability head talks climate change, supply chain strategy
Season 2 Episode 11
The coronavirus has slammed the retail sector and caused many companies to go out of business. But the pandemic has been a catalyst for growth at Wal…
5 years, 7 months ago
Why one big asset manager dropped companies over lobbying
Season 2 Episode 10
Companies that lobby against climate-friendly laws and policies are putting the overall goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change at risk and ha…
5 years, 7 months ago
The ESG implications of a proposed US Labor Department rule
Season 2 Episode 9
The U.S. Department of Labor received thousands of comments on a newly proposed rule that says sustainable investments still need to put financial pe…
5 years, 8 months ago
European banks sharpen ESG focus as COVID-19 highlights risk
Season 2 Episode 8
ESG Insider interviewed sustainability leaders at some of Europe's largest financial institutions: BBVA in Spain, BNP Paribas in France and Barclays …
5 years, 9 months ago
Head of major US gas utility outlines path to net-zero emissions
Season 2 Episode 7
"This isn't just a pie-in-the-sky commitment or announcement. This is something that we spent a lot of time researching and analyzing and st…
5 years, 9 months ago
COVID-19 shows many ESG agendas have 'forgotten about the people'
Season 2 Episode 6
"Sustainability was always around people, planet and profit. I just think for the longest time we've forgotten about the people," said Mikkel Larsen,…
5 years, 9 months ago
How the biggest US bank is adapting its ESG approach amid COVID, racism
Season 2 Episode 5
Climate change took "a bit of a backseat" during the first several weeks of the coronavirus pandemic as "governments and businesses frankly were real…
5 years, 10 months ago
Why S&P Global Ratings sees ESG as critical to COVID-era credit quality
Season 2 Episode 4
More than 370 credit rating actions taken by S&P Global Ratings since March have been driven by environmental, social and governance factors as a res…
5 years, 10 months ago