Early 2016 ESG momentum

Over the last two months, we closely watched the highly active US energy policy space, at the federal and state level, optimistically seeking a trend pattern of long-term “good stuff” among the regulatory developments that range from forward-thinking pioneering to highly reactive incumbent protection. Once we considered the current additional risk of a 4-4 SCOTUS…

Overboarding is going out of style

The Wall Street Journal reported on MSCI’s research that overboarding of directors has been declining over the last 10 years. The term “overboarding” intends to describe the phenomenon when directors of publicly listed companies sit on too many boards simultaneously. MSCI concluded that 5% of the directors of S&P 500 companies occupy four or more…

The Quest for Seafood with Dignity

As the ESG crowd is largely focused on the aftermath of COP21 in Paris and is dissecting how good the good news are, we want to highlight another glimmer of hope on a widely publicized issue of 2015: the unspeakable treatment of migrant labor on Thai fishing vessels. According to Chris Lewa of the Arakon…