Shell’s Self-Serving Scenarios
Shell's latest report, praised on business and environmental websites, as well as by Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, predicts we are headed for a carbon-free future even as it invests...
View ArticleDoes Materiality Serve Regulators or Stakeholders?
A panel of experts disagreed about exactly how materiality should be used in sustainability reporting. One camp felt that sustainability reporting should be centered around a legal/regulatory view of...
View ArticleCoal Port Sponsors Encounter the Global Village
You might think that the only way these massive coal port projects can be stopped is by an equally massive force. Yet, that is not the case. It’s an executive in Korea, Native-Americans in Washington,...
View ArticleCoal Investments May Implode
In the most recent sign that coal is in trouble, Wyoming's only new coal mine, Kiewit's Haystack Mine, halted construction last week before shipping any coal.The post Coal Investments May Implode...
View ArticleWill ‘Resilience’ Replace Sustainability?
In the past, the “sustainability” movement has struggled with language. “Global warming.” “Climate change.” “Rising sea levels.” And perhaps the most problematic, “sustainability” itself. Will...
View ArticleNew Insights into the Correlation Between CSR and Brand Strength
Cynthia Figge's SB'13 Plenary speech "New Insights into the Correlation Between CSR and Brand Strength" explains how brand strength to CSR correlation has suddenly strengthened in the last year,...
View ArticleThe Tie Between Brand Value and Sustainability is Getting Stronger
New, broad, multi-year study that shows that the connection between sustainability performance & brand value has increased dramatically during the past year.The post The Tie Between Brand Value and...
View ArticleThe Strong Link Between Brand Strength and Sustainability
The following is part of a series by our friends at CSRHub (a 3p sponsor) – offering free sustainability and corporate social responsibility ratings on over 7,300 of the world’s largest publicly traded...
View ArticleIs the Correlation Between Brand Strength and Sustainability Due to Random...
There is a strong correlation between brand strength as measured by the Brand Finance Brand Strength Index and sustainability as measured by CSRHub’s metrics engine.The post Is the Correlation Between...
View ArticleMore Positive Correlation Between Brand and Sustainability
The relationship between Brand Finance’s Brand Strength Index & CSRHub’s corporate social responsibility & sustainability ratings.The post More Positive Correlation Between Brand and...
View ArticleImagine If Harvard Took on Climate Change
The most likely reason for Harvard to reject pleas from 72 percent of its student body and millions of climate change advocates? The fossil fuel industry and its owners give big, and their influence is...
View ArticleHarley-Davidson Signals Climate Change is Mainstream
Climate Change mainstream? Harley-Davidson, whose brand is arguably nonexistent without a combustion engine, just introduced an electric motorcycle.
View ArticleNew Ethical Shopping App features CSRHub Sustainability Ratings
Ethical Barcode has released a new sustainability ratings app powered by the CSRHub API that lets you uncover what you're truly supporting when you shop.
View ArticleAre Crowdfunded Companies Socially Responsible?
Are crowdfunded companies socially responsible? The latest research from CSRHub and Crowdnetics offers an answer.
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