How to Prepare an ESG Report: Part 1
In This Post: ESG and Sustainability teams we speak with find reporting and communication to be the most challenging parts of their job...
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Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Jun 15, 2022
Why ESG Academic Research Matters
In This Post: A new research article is published and doesn't make much of a splash...yet. Rethinking the link between sustainability and...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- May 31, 2022
ESG vs. Impact Investing
In This Post: Definitions matter. Shared understandings are how we collectively turn words into actions. Was that recent news article...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- May 18, 2022
What is Materiality?
In This Post: Materiality is the cornerstone of Sustainability and ESG...but you would never know it. Shareholder vs. Stakeholder...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- May 4, 2022
Who Are The Most Sustainable Companies?
In This Post: Two billionaires squabble and we find out who the most sustainable companies are! Guiding principles to be 'most'...
Motive Research Team
- Apr 20, 2022
Is Sustainability a Trend?
In This Post: Is Sustainability a passing fad or a lasting trend? Demand for Chief Sustainability Officers. State of the Sustainability...
Motive Research Team
- Apr 5, 2022
Climate Change Disclosure
In This Post: The SEC's Climate-Risk Disclosure Proposal. What companies should do now to prepare for climate disclosure rules. Why...
Motive Research Team
- Mar 24, 2022
What is ESG?
In this post: What is ESG? The seven inconsistencies in understanding ESG Russia's war highlights the shifting contexts of ESG What is...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Mar 4, 2022
B2B Competition is Fierce, Don't Miss Yet Another Opportunity
Quick Takes There is a pattern emerging wherein B2C companies are more aggressively integrating elements of sustainability than are B2B...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Feb 17, 2022
Five Tensions in Sustainability Communications
Quick Take More companies than ever before are releasing sustainability and climate plans. This also means that more stakeholders are...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Feb 4, 2022
Someone Will Take Offense
Quick Takes The growing collective concern about sustainability is a rebalancing of power dynamics, and a rebalancing of power dynamics...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Jan 20, 2022
Welcome to ESG Reporting
Quick Takes There is growing interest among companies to start, or improve, ESG reporting...and we believe this is an excellent...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Jan 7, 2022
It's All Material...Unless It Isn't
Quick Takes Materiality assessments are key components for corporate sustainability teams in developing meaningful programs and policies....
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Dec 15, 2021
Your Sustainability Mission Statement is Not Helping
Quick Takes Corporate sustainability missions statements are prominently displayed...but they are just about meaningless. Sustainability...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Nov 28, 2021
Who Reads Sustainability Reports?
Quick Takes An overwhelming majority of companies issue annual sustainability reports...yet these reports are almost never read by the...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Nov 11, 2021
The Headline Was Not The Story
Quick Takes A recent global survey reports “few people are willing to change their lifestyle to save the planet”--this is a misleading...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Nov 3, 2021
ESG Rating Agencies Are Not Arbiters of Truth
Quick Takes ESG is surging in popular appeal and becoming synonymous with Sustainability...this is not entirely accurate. With this...
Taylor R. Gray, Ph.D.
- Nov 3, 2021
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