May 18, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Freeport-McMoRan has been named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens in the U.S. in annual rankings based on the environmental, social and governance practices of the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies.
Freeport ranked 61st overall and fifth in the Minerals Industry category. This is the 10th time the company has made the list since 2007. Freeport most recently made the top 100 in 2019.
There’s a conventional attitude toward work that entails leaving everything you do outside of work behind, as though nothing else exists. With this perspective, you are encouraged to fit your family, your morals, yourself, around the job.
I was raised that way. As an elementary school kid, if I had to call my mom at work she’d answer the call in a hushed tone, as though she was receiving an illicit phone call. Her office was not interested that her 10-year-old needed to be picked up from school, let alone that she had kids at all.
At Aflac Incorporated, we believe that strong ethics, good corporate citizenship, and financial success go hand in hand. We have elevated doing the right thing to priority status for as long as I can remember. Even before the concept of corporate social responsibility or the focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) had specific names, it was how we did business and part of who we are.
We were recently granted the opportunity to include data on hundreds of companies from one of the leading Chinese ESG analysis firms—SynTao Green Finance (STGF). We had known of this firm’s work since around 2010 and have looked forward to having its help to better understand Chinese company behavior.
We’ve globalized culture (films, books, TV series) and supply chains. We’ve shared viruses and vaccines. We must now figure out how to globalize ESG data.
February 11, 2021 /3BL Media/ HP recently announced its new Head of Government Relations, Brittany Masalosalo. Masalosalo is joining the worldwide Global Legal Affairs (GLA) leadership team and will report into the company’s Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.
How the SI:D³ systems approach fosters delivery of intended benefits
Article
Infrastructure projects are under constant scrutiny, primarily due to late delivery, significant overspend and not realising all the intended benefits for the end-user. This leads to the risk of reduced political support and difficulty in securing future funding to deliver infrastructure projects and programmes.
ESG-focused business strategy isn’t just a feel-good concept anymore — it’s increasingly necessary to attract investment. The Global Sustainable Investment Review reported that investments in sustainability-focused assets grew to $35.3 trillion globally in 2020, a 15% increase from 2018. And it’s not just investors that are paying attention: employees, customers, and regulatory agencies are increasingly scrutinizing ESG disclosures.
To achieve a cleaner, safer, more sustainable world, all companies must realize the importance and value of managing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-related business challenges in a way that fits their pace and unique objectives. And as the industry landscape shifts to prioritize socially responsible business practices, ESG has become a critical business focus.
As previously seen on Skytop Strategies and published with permission.
Many of us in the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) space, have dreamed of the day when governments would start to set rules about sustainability reporting. We have hoped to see more pressure on companies to fully and consistently tell their stories. Over the past few months, our dreams have started to come true. However, we now realize we may be dealing with a nightmare!
