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Category: ESG

Wind turbine near a Factory: Eco-friendly power source, reducing emissions

Shaky Accounting Calls Corporate Emissions Data Into Question

Wind turbine near a Factory: Eco-friendly power source, reducing emissions

A sharp decline in greenhouse gas emissions represented one of the few positive developments to come from the coronavirus-induced slowdown of 2020. As people put life on pause to combat the spread of the virus, U.S. carbon emissions dropped...

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Justice Department Emphasizes Enforcement Against Individuals Who Commit Corporate Environmental Crimes

Justice Department's decline hand sign.

In cases of corporate wrongdoing that rise to the level of criminality, bringing charges to hold companies accountable can either feel like overkill or a slap on the wrist. After all, businesses don’t run themselves – people do. Holding the...

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What Insurrection? A Year Later, Corporations Flip-Flopping on Political Donations

Man in suit with hand raised taking an oath in front of outdoor crowd, with other hand behind his back with fingers cross symbolizing contradiction and hypocrisy

The deadly insurrection in Washington last year created an opportunity for corporate interests to rethink their involvement in U.S. politics. Thousands of companies decried the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting on Capitol Hill by a mob of supporters of...

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ESG-Focused Activist Investors to Get Even More Active in 2022

An ocean wave in black and white

Not so long ago, the term “activist investor” conjured up images of famed corporate raiders like Carl Icahn. It didn’t matter if corporations were receptive to their involvement or not. They bought significant stakes in companies, put the s...

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Five Cs for Companies to Watch in 2022

Vaccine seeker scanning horizon with binoculars

Meme stocks, the “gamification” of securities trading, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to create chaos were just a few of the stories that ultimately defined 2021 in the corporate world. At least one of those doesn’t look l...

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