All ESG/Social Responsibility articles – Page 15
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ArticleActivist investor win at ExxonMobil should be wake-up call for companies
The growing scope and influence surrounding environmental activist campaigns promises to spill well beyond 2021. Recent developments should inspire boards to reassess how their company’s environmental initiatives align with long-term shareholder value.
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ArticleSEC rulemaking list 2021: ESG, cyber-risk governance among highlights
The SEC’s spring 2021 rulemaking list is brimming with proposed regulations that would enhance ESG-related disclosures for public companies in areas like climate change, board diversity, human capital management, and cyber-security risk governance.
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ArticleEmbracing employee activism is good for business
The benefits of being perceived as a company that values employee input might outweigh the drawbacks, experts believe.
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ArticleESG materiality, disclosures spur opposing views at SEC
The SEC has taken numerous steps indicating its intention to require public companies to disclose ESG risks, but the question of how such disclosures will work in practice is still very much unanswered.
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PremiumChapter 5: Volkswagen’s path to winning back trust
Its monitorship now complete, Volkswagen’s new focus is to rebuild its reputation among its customer base. It’s a long process, says Board Member Hiltrud Werner, one supported by a shift in strategy.
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PremiumChapter 4: Tangible measures of cultural progress at Volkswagen
At the end of the day, how does an organization measure the effectiveness of company-wide cultural initiatives? Volkswagen has answers, utilizing perception workshops, mood barometers, and new diversity and inclusion initiatives as part of its culture rebuild post-Dieselgate.
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ArticleCompliance ‘well-situated’ to handle increasing ESG scrutiny
An expert panel at CW’s 2021 National Conference agreed that compliance is uniquely positioned to help companies in their ESG initiatives. The CCO and chief sustainability officer at FedEx share how this may look in practice.
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PremiumChapter 3: VW operationalizes its Dieselgate monitorship
A revamped code of conduct and the Together4Integrity campaign stood out as significant milestones for Hiltrud Werner & Co. as Volkswagen began to embrace its Dieselgate monitorship as a way to improve company culture.
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ArticleGerman supply chain draft legislation expected to have far-reaching effect
Companies of a certain size with ties to Germany must soon establish robust due diligence procedures to prevent human rights and environmental abuses both within the course of their own business activities and within their global supply chains.
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PremiumChapter 2: Volkswagen monitorship falls in line under Hiltrud Werner
While Larry Thompson assembled his team for the Dieselgate monitorship, Volkswagen countered with appointments of its own, including Hiltrud Werner as head of integrity and legal affairs. Their relationship would determine the success of the monitorship going forward.
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ArticleCW presents: ‘Coming Clean: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal and compliance monitorship’
Volkswagen’s recently concluded three-year monitorship is chronicled in CW’s latest in-depth case study, which spares no detail in following the world’s largest automaker’s comeback from its biggest mistake.
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PremiumChapter 1: Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal exposed; enter Larry Thompson
The Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal wasn’t the work of one executive who thought to install illicit software into diesel motor vehicles. It was born from a “chain of errors that was never broken,” forming the basis for one of the largest and most high-profile corporate compliance monitorships in history.
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ArticleCooperation key to compliance’s role in advancing diversity & inclusion
A panel of DE&I experts shared valuable tips on how chief ethics and compliance officers can work collaboratively with human resources to address workplace culture issues at CW’s 2021 National Conference.
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ArticleJames Comey: Lessons from Enron era will ‘become real again’
Former FBI Director James Comey kicked off Compliance Week’s 16th annual National Conference on Tuesday by speaking candidly about a variety of risk and compliance matters, including the importance of a strong ethical culture in the coming post-pandemic “boom times.”
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ArticleTenneco’s dedication to core values lands it Compliance Program of the Year
Tenneco’s revamp of its core values, coupled with its dedication to employee engagement during the coronavirus pandemic, earned it the honor of Compliance Program of the Year at CW’s 2021 Excellence in Compliance Awards.
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ArticleElevating compliance key for financial services, says former HSBC head
John Flint, former group chief executive at HSBC, considered the progress compliance has made over the last 20 years and the strides the profession must continue to make as part of a keynote at the ICA’s 2021 BIG Compliance Festival.
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Resourcee-Book: ESG initiatives a top priority for SEC, CFTC
Companies would be wise to start evaluating their environmental, social, and governance practices under the new presidential regime, especially with confirmation the Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to increase its expectations of public companies to assess and disclose climate-related risks.
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ArticleCompliance involvement crucial to consistent ESG disclosures, SEC says
SEC examiners are focusing on whether registered firms’ ESG disclosures align with their investment practices.
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ArticleMore than a fad: The rise of the chief diversity officer
Protests calling for social justice over the last year have led to more companies appointing diversity, equity, and inclusion officers. The critical role the position plays alongside compliance cannot be overstated, writes Jaclyn Jaeger.
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ArticleAsk a diversity officer: Creating a diversity, equity, and inclusion program
We asked seven prominent diversity leaders across a multitude of industries to share one key message or words of advice for other companies as it relates to creating a diversity, equity, and inclusion program.