Professor Bibi Chummun is an Associate Professor lecturing in the Postgraduate Diploma and MBA programmes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Graduate School of Business and Leadership. Picture: Supplied Published Share BIBI CHUMMUN The way that executive heads of organisations and business managers are engrossed in thought to implement appropriate […] Click here to view original […]

The seemingly never-ending contest for the worst idea in Washington is heating up. A leading contender for this year’s dubious distinction, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Natural Asset Company” proposal, would have established a new type of corporation with the express purpose of prohibiting economic activity from occurring on […] Click here to view original

Recently, we have been witnessing a trend among institutional investors of preferring investment funds that take ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations into account. ESG considerations lead to investments in such areas as job creation, renewable energy, healthcare and welfare, and improving environmental quality, concurrent with generating financial returns, […] Click here to view original

The Man Group office in London.Photographer: Newscast/Universal Images Group/Getty Images The best defense against Republican attacks on ESG is to persuade naysayers of the investing strategy’s ability to generate returns, according to the chief investment officer for responsible investment at Man Group. The world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund […] Click here to view original

According to UN climate experts, 2023 was the warmest year on record. This puts the heat squarely on companies to accelerate their sustainability efforts. “It’s quite clear that the sense of urgency is increasing,” says Jonas Bohlin, chief product officer for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) platform provider Position […] Click here to view original

Subscribe to Newsletter A provisional agreement in the European Union setting guardrails around the ESG [environmental, social, and governance] ratings industry is being hailed as the world’s toughest. The plan goes “much further than any of the other regimes we have seen internationally,” Raza Naeem, financial regulation partner at […] Click here to view original