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Investors press Amazon, other companies on COVID-19 workforce concerns
Season 2 Episode 3
Investors are moving to hold companies such as Amazon more accountable on workforce management during the COVID-19 crisis, Fiona Reynolds, the CEO of…
5 years, 10 months ago
'No board in America wants to face that': Proxy reform, Fink's letter and ESG
Season 2 Episode 2
Wall Street's top regulator is moving to fundamentally reshape the proxy process, one of the key avenues shareholders use to engage with companies on…
6 years, 1 month ago
These are the top issues the ESG world is focused on in 2020
Season 2 Episode 1
"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…
6 years, 3 months ago
Inside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton fields
Season 1 Episode 9
In this episode of ESG Insider, S&P Global Market Intelligence reporter Gautam Naik takes listeners inside the campaign to end forced labor in Uzbeki…
6 years, 4 months ago
PE's approach to ESG evolving, but could be mandatory in future
Season 1 Episode 8
Private equity investors are paying increasing attention to environmental, social and governance factors and in response many firms are implementing …
6 years, 4 months ago
The problem with social audits
Season 1 Episode 7
Social audits are used by consumer goods companies to identify potential human rights abuses, labor violations, and other ESG risks in their supply c…
6 years, 5 months ago
How a non-profit is using technology to fight child labor in the cocoa industry
Season 1 Episode 6
Child labor has been a longstanding scourge in the $100-billion cocoa industry for more than two decades. Despite efforts by U.S. Congressmen, Africa…
6 years, 6 months ago
New EU taxonomy helps investors, companies identify green investments
Season 1 Episode 5
A proposed new European Union green classification system would help investors and companies identify and make environmentally friendly decisions and…
6 years, 8 months ago
SEC's Peirce worries ESG movement could hinder corporate performance
Season 1 Episode 4
The environmental, social and governance movement could weaken the performance of companies that have already done a lot of good for society, Commiss…
6 years, 10 months ago
Post 'Me Too' movement, gender pay equality efforts gain momentum
Season 1 Episode 3
"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 o…
6 years, 11 months ago