Bringing Bias to the Forefront: Strategies to Mitigate Unconscious Racial Bias in U.S. Hiring
Bias remains a pervasive and persistent issue in hiring processes across the U.S. Changing course is not only an ethical imperative – it’s also a critical opportunity for businesses, as bias can cause organizations to overlook top talent. GLG’s latest Insights with Impact report, “Bringing Bias to the Forefront,” provides a roadmap for organizations to […]
Sustainability Strategy Implementation
An increasing number of companies now recognize that their customers and clients expect them to deliver their goods and services in a sustainable manner. Investors may be aligned with these efforts, as long as the policies support the company’s economic growth. To learn more about how companies can implement sustainability practices in their organization, GLG […]
Responsible Companies and ESG
The best companies in the world work to build trust. No matter what one of these companies sells or produces, trust is its most important product. Trust is earned by listening to employees, shareholders, and customers and by building up the communities in which they operate. A truly responsible brand pursues strategies that improve the […]
The Role of TIC in ESG
With assets managed according to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles on track to surpass $50 trillion by 2025, it makes sense to examine an often-overlooked business sector that serves this growing market — TIC companies. These are the businesses that engage in testing, inspection, and certification, essentially verifying that the companies that purport to […]
Recent Trends in ESG Investing
Several trends and developments have emerged recently in public and private markets for investors looking for opportunities through an ESG prism. ESG Regulation On the regulatory front, there has been significant movement in the past year after a long period of inactivity. The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR, went into effect in […]
Are Implicit Biases Driving ESG Misalignment?
Driven by an understandable desire to back socially responsible companies, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a growing trend among global investors. But it’s easy to overlook the psychology of ESG investing — including how biases can impact how professional investors understand their clients’ ESG-related preferences, and how professional investors make ESG-related investment decisions […]
How Corporate Boards Should Oversee ESG
Corporate board members are getting the message that ESG issues can’t be ignored. Unfortunately, there is little in the way of tactical guidance available to help them deal with the environmental, social, and governance matters they face. It’s worth noting that despite how ESG has come to dominate business agendas over the last couple of […]
How Companies Can Produce Better ESG Reports
With an urgent report on climate change from the U.N. and increased public pressure, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues will likely become larger priorities for businesses around the world. To better understand these reports, as well as how to improve them, GLG’s Veronica Mabry hosted a teleconference for our clients with John Pabon, founder […]
What Companies Need to Do When Engaging in Social Issues
This article was adapted from comments Ashley Allison made during GLG’s Deciding Factors podcast, hosted by Eric Jaffe, GLG’s Head of Events. Listen to the episode featuring Ashley Allison here. New episodes are released monthly with guests talking about events, trends, and moves currently impacting our world. Occasionally, a company will put out a statement […]
Mapping the Growth Trajectory of ESG Investing
After years on the fringe, sustainability concerns and those involving social, environmental, and governance (ESG) issues are now firmly part of mainstream investment thinking. To find out where ESG investing is headed, Jackie Murphy of GLG’s financial analysis events team held a teleconference with Libby Bernick, who is the CEO of Impact Cubed and formerly […]
COVID-19: Impact on ESG Investing and Social Policies
Increasingly, investors are applying environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors as important determinants for investing in a specific company. ESG principles may deliver better returns, lower risk, or simply demonstrate that the companies have better or good management principles. COVID-19 has drawn these principles into sharper focus. To discuss the impact of the novel coronavirus on […]
Closing the Gap for Gender Equality
With the percentage of women in senior leadership positions remaining less than 20 percent for the past decade, one of the biggest challenges facing corporate America today is how to put more women in senior leadership roles, according to former Dow Chemical executive Julie Holder. Holder sits down with GLG to discuss her 34 year […]