Posts by Cecilia Young
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Wants To Know How Companies Are Treating Workers
(Forbes) Regulators are homing in on the most important intangible assets: people. Intangible assets – skilled workers, brands, client relationships, organizational processes, and client relationships – generate most corporate growth and represent 90% of the market value of the S&P500. Since people are not capitalized on the balance sheet and are instead deemed as an…
Read MoreBig Four accounting firms rush to join the ESG bandwagon
(Financial Times) The sustainability boom has moved trillions of dollars into environmental, social and governance funds and brought a new stakeholder-led agenda to corporate boardrooms. Now the Big Four accounting firms are jumping on a bandwagon that offers two tempting opportunities: an expansion of what companies must account for, and a chance to rebrand a…
Read MoreHow Venture Capital Can Join the ESG Revolution
(SSIR) ESG has become increasingly mainstream for investors in recent years, as part of a broader wave to embrace purpose and stakeholder capitalism…However, venture capital has largely been left by the wayside: In a quick scan of the of the websites of the top 50 largest venture capital funds, we only found five which mentioned…
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