Sustainability Now
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The ESG Weekly: Corruption in China and Health Care Equipment on the Week of June 3
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One story this week with ESG glasses: GE, Siemens, and Philips get caught in a corruption scandal in China, so who cares about it most? (0:42), all on...
The ESG Weekly: Renault/Fiat and Malaysia Just Says "No" to Your Recycling on the Week of May 27
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories this week with ESG glasses: Renault/Fiat could end up confusing investors (0:42) and Malaysia rethinks its recycling strategy (6:26), all ...
The ESG Weekly: McDonald's #MeToo moment and Overstock.com's Bitcoin play on the Week of May 20
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories this week with ESG glasses: McDonald's contends with a discrimination lawsuit (0:47) and Overstock.com's CEO contends with fallb...
The ESG Weekly: Is There an ESG Angle on Trade Wars, and Amazon's Four-Legged Stool on the Week of May 13
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories this week with ESG glasses: the US-China trade war has a weird ESG twist (0:45) and Amazon's robot boxing investment (5:45), all on t...
The ESG Weekly: Is It Disruption Week? Swine Fever and iBuying on the Week of May 6
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories this week with ESG glasses: swine fever is disrupting the global pork market (0:44) and Zillow targets inefficiency with iBuying (7:15), a...
The ESG Weekly: Norsk Hydro's NASA Fraud and Marriot Goes Gig Economy on the Week of April 29
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories this week with ESG glasses: Norsk Hydro's subsidiary pays NASA for false metal testing (0:58) and Marriott looks to AirBnB for inspir...
The Problems with ESG
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
ESG critics and detractors might be right as we look at three big criticisms one by one: there's not enough good data (2:43), there's too mu...
The ESG Weekly: Umicore and the Cobalt Problem on the Week of April 22
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One story this week with ESG glasses: Umicore saw its earnings drop and blamed undercutting competition for cobalt (0:37), but the problem might be ch...
The ESG Weekly: Amazon Employees Form a (Shareholder) Union and Jack Ma's 996 Blessing on the Week of April 15
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: Amazon employees are turning to shareholder activism to change the company (1:27), and did Jack Ma poke a sleeping emplo...
The ESG Weekly: Disclosure is the Thing for Saudi Aramco and Social Media Becoming Tobacco on the Week of April 10
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: Saudi Aramco may be oversubscribed, but the disclosure might be the bigger deal (0:47), and the regulators are coming fo...
The ESG Weekly: Im(possible?) Burgers and Wells Fargo CEO Search on the Week of April 1
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: what exactly is the investor angle for Burger King's Impossible Burger play (1:34), and what does it mean that Well...
The ESG Weekly: McDonald's AI play and Purdue settles on the Week of March 25
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: are the efficiency gains of AI at McDonald's worth the data risk (1:19), and what does it mean for Purdue to settle...
The ESG Weekly: Paul Ryan and Robots on the Week of March 17
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: is Paul Ryan on the board of Fox Corp a good idea (1:35), and how the next tech disruption might be social and not techn...
Leadership Crisis, or Crisis in Influence?
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The cocktail of hyper transparency and societal change makes for vulnerable leaders (3:25), but predicting who's next may be a bridge too far (5:...
The ESG Weekly: Boeing and Ride Shares on the Week of March 10
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: is the Boeing problem software, or automation (1:48), and how with the Uber and Lyft IPOs, one is not like the other (6:...
The ESG Weekly: Nordea and Toilet Paper on Week of March 3
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories with ESG glasses: Nordea and money laundering (3:48), and the toilet paper conundrum (7:00), all on the record.
Who Pays For Corruption?
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all pay for corruption, maybe without knowing it (2:12), or maybe in ways that are obvious (3:48), but investors are finding out corruption isn&apo...
The Power of Peer Pressure on Pay
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Companies pick their peers, and it matters, and sometimes investors aren't happy (2:49), even if directors are protected (4:16), but not from sha...
Halloween is a Time for Zombies, Ghosts, and Frankenstein
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's Halloween, and that means ghosts need not apply (2:55), shareholder value might get eaten by zombies (7:33), and your creation might be a mo...
A Short History of ESG: Part II
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Modern ESG investing is a choose your own adventure, especially when soda meets marijuana. Path 1: Invest your values (1:47), Path 2: Invest for the ...
A Short History of ESG: Part I
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For more than 3,000 years, you've been ESG investing, in four chapters. Chapter 1: Your religion is also your financial advisor (1:36), Chapter ...
Join the Gang: Climate Edition
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A task force chaired by a billionaire has sent investors looking for advice on climate from unlikely sources that may just have them joining a gang. T...
The Privacy of Things
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Could the data you provide your dishwasher some day be more valuable than the dishwasher? Internet of Things (0:00), hacking and Hackers (2:55), the ...
When Genius Meets Governance
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking of Tesla, how should an investor balance good governance with visionary brilliance? Atari and Tesla (0:22), checks and balances (2:32), over...
Back to School Special: Student Debt, Consumer Finance, and Robots
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Student debt is huge in the US, but as an investor, is it a good bet? The trend of consumer finance (1:44), Navient stands out (3:38), the reckoning ...
Indra Nooyi, and Why Diversity of Management Matters
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi... or one of few women CEOs?... steps down. We talk to Meggin Thwing-Eastman about why that matters. 'Another ...
Where should we even start? 2018 ESG Trends redux
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental, social, and governance investing related news, research, and trends. In this episode, we start at the beginning... of 2018. We revisi...
Welcome to the MSCI ESG Research Podcast, ESG Now
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental, social, and governance investing related news, research, and insights. The MSCI ESG Research podcast series, ESG Now, officially launch...