Tag: FSG

New Study From FSG Examines the Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance

Stuart Mitchell

ESG (environmental, social, and governance) funds are projected to reach $53 trillion by 2025. So it’s no surprise that leading companies are setting ambitious ESG targets. But despite years of effort to integrate ESG and financial performance in business, strategic decisions continue to be made in ways that lead to social and environmental damage. The problem is that too many companies position “sustainability” as an afterthought, a retroactive risk management remedy for the consequences of strategic and capital allocation decisions made only with a financial lens. Such companies are going…

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New Report Reveals CEO Insights Into Racial Equity Challenges

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released recently by a partnership consisting of PolicyLink, FSG, and JUST Capital reveals what some of America’s CEOs and C-suite leaders identify as the key challenges to advancing racial equity and what it means for what comes next. Conducted in partnership with Paul Shoemaker, former Microsoft executive and founding president of Social Venture Partners International, the report synthesizes one-on-one interviews with 40 senior business executives (60 percent of them CEOs/chairpersons) spanning 38 companies across a broad range of industries, including retail and consumer products, finance, information technology,…

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