February 2022
- “Stuck in a fossil past, present and future” – Sasja Beslik (where we are now with fossil fuels, including who owns the fossil reserves, who invests in them and how Big Oil executives are incentivized to combat climate action)
- Model Climate Laws – Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization (sample laws that countries, states & local governments can use to modify for their own purposes)
- “Why accounting really matters for climate change, and what you need to know about it” – David Pitt-Watson for Responsible Investor (explains recent move towards standardization of climate accounting, but we still have a ways to go)
- Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism - World Economic Forum’s International Business Council (metrics that are complementary with SASB’s industry-specific standards)
- “Reducing your carbon emissions: sustainable investment the most effective way?” – The Ethical Investor (moving your investments to sustainable ones are 27x more efficient than improving your personal carbon footprint)
- “Frequency connectedness and cross-quantile dependence between green bond and green equity markets” – Linh Pham (study that shows that green bond and green equity markets are connected)
- “Big Sustainability Illusion” – Ralph Thurm (the problem with pure ESG and offers solutions towards a regenerative world)
- SEC’s Request for Input on Climate Disclosures (and here are comments received on this request so far)
- "ESG Is A Moving Target Even For The Best Companies" - podcast with Paul Weiss’ Dave Curran and Professor Evan Epstein (great summary of what you need to know)
- “Shortcomings of Monocapitalism: Capital — Singular or Plural?” – Bill Baue (the history of financial capital and its focus on economic growth)