This Week in ESG and Impact Investing

An important discussion took place regarding shareholders and stakeholders. The " Roundtable on Empowering Shareholders and Stakeholders and the Importance of ESG Disclosures " hosted by the House Financial Services Committee, was held on July 12, 2023. This event was designed to emphasize the significance of transparency in disclosing information about a company's sustainability and social responsibility while providing a platform for shareholders and stakeholders to discuss future directions.  During the event, participants engaged in conversations and exchanged ideas regarding the role of shareholders and stakeholders in corporate decision-making processes. The discussions explored ways to strengthen their involvement and influence in shaping company strategies, emphasizing environmental, social, and governance considerations. Additionally, the event highlighted the significance of ESG disclosures. ESG disclosures refer to the reporting of a company's environmenta...

       On October 5th, 2022, San Francisco based media company BrightTALK hosted a panel on the importance of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance investing), and to discuss the importance of not viewing Eastern economies through a Western lens. The all-female panel included the host, Georgina Mitchell from WellHouse Consulting, panelist Delilah Rothenberg, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Predistribution Initiative, and panelist Teboho Makhabane, ESG and Impact Implementation Specialist from Sanlam Investments. The discussion touched upon many important topics, and provided insights into many aspects of the global economy. One of these concerned economic inequality. The panelists, Ms. Rothenberg in particular, expressed her belief that there are many reasons aside from morality that a large corporation might be incentivized to promote economic equality. She implied that a healthy lower and middle class is beneficial to any economy, which, in turn, is ...

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               Recently, The Economist Magazine  published an article arguing that the effort to increase the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) performance of corporations and businesses is deeply flawed. The article suggested many reasons ESG is not effective and proposed an alternative they believed would better serve the purpose of improving the environment. However, when analyzing the methods promoted by The Economist , a more effective approach to dealing with these issues is not presented.               The first point that the article makes in arguing against the effort is that ESG is too confusing. The author believes there are too many ESG objectives and that the multiplicity of commercial, business and social goals makes it difficult for firms to know what to do. The article states that ESG provides “no coherent guide” to the trade-offs that busi...

  WASHINGTON - May 22, 2022 - PRLog -- Controversies surrounding climate change, diversity, reproductive rights, and other issues have generated significant attention and confusion. We anticipate this uncertainty and volatility will continue. William Michael Cunningham founded Creative Investment Research in 1989 to facilitate a style of investing that is concerned with the issues cited above after recognizing the inability of traditional investment styles to protect and further human needs. We are one of the premier firms in understanding and analyzing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and impact investing trends. We have been guided by our General Theory of ESG Investing, a portion of which we have published today. As defined in our paper, "Environmental, social, and corporate governance investing is a decision-making process concerning the purchase, sale and management of an asset or assets selected with the goal of attaining an ...

The Biden Administration now expects consumer prices to rise 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2021. This follows July's 5.4% increase in consumer prices in advance of the Fed’s Jackson Hole conference. Our analysis suggests that the inflation spike is due to fear and greed-based labor and supply chain disruptions resulting from the unprecedented and ongoing COVID crisis. Thus, price increases are to be expected. The current pandemic is not fully comparable to earlier ones, given technology's role in facilitating the highly integrated nature of the global economy and the decline in ethical standards of business behavior, as evidenced by the prior occupant of the White House. The Fed is right to focus on inequality, now the greater risk, than it is on protecting the financial standing of a small group of mainly non-minority individuals and institutions. Given the above, we suggest the central bank modify monetary policy to resist price increase tactics by major industrial and financ...

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The Intersection of ESG and COVID-19. C all hosted by Goldman Sachs to discuss the impact of the global pandemic and economic recession on ESG, with a focus on both the investor and corporate perspectives. ESG Investing is the consideration of Environmental, Social, and Governance factors  in  investment decision making.  As emphasized in the presentation, while some consider the ESG qualification to be simply a box to check, it is becoming a very important marker of strong investments. This presentation discussed the growing importance of ESG factors and the relevance of COVID-19 on future investing. Martin Whittaker of Just Capital discussed how the pandemic is emphasizing the importance of risk factors and relationships for corporations. As a nonprofit which surveys thousands of Americans in building their company rankings, they have found that the way corporations treat their workers and care for their safety has become critical. Given the health risks as...