Topic Social Responsibility & Sustainability

This is a great resource to help you with ESG-related priorities.  ESG, governance and stewardship are very important to BlackRock (aka the largest investment insitution in the world).  Take notice.

Here is a ISS report on how to review and improve your ISS QualityScore.

Here is a great example of a comprehensive ESG and Sustainability Report.  It provides a nice mix of substance and comprehensiveness.

Not that it should be needed, but all signs and evidence supports that having balance between race and gender with the C-Suite and BOD results in better performance for a company.  Here is a nice write-up from HBR on women in the C-Suite.

This is a great tool to assess how comprehensive your company is in developing a diverse and inclusive culture.  It hits on 16 key elements of diversity.  

It is one thing to say something, its another to put it in writing.  Here is a nice example of communicating gender and diversity aspirational targets to the Street.

In October 2020, SBUX released information that it planned to put forth significant efforts in improving its employee diversity.  Included in the attached pdf are the company post on its website and an open letter from the SBUX CEO about this initiative.  Good stuff.

Here is a good list of 10 actions to improve diversity, inclusion and equity at a company.  It came in the form of a press release.  Nice work on a current hot topic.

Here is a nice example of a comprehensive ESG report.  Good work here.

Here is a nice report issued by ISS on ESG and EVA.  The topic of ESG is here and will only grow.  Slowly but surely.