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Feb 14 2025 #assurance, #climate, #compliance, #esg

Test post by Brian Hyder scheduled for 20250214

Here’s a test post, which I’m scheduling for publishing tomorrow morning. It has a Featured Image, is Public and Sticky, and is in a few topics.

Brian Hyder

Feb 13 2025 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg

Test post by Brian Hyder 20250213

Here’s a test post, which I’m publishing right away. It has a Featured Image, is Public and Sticky, and is in a few topics.

Brian Hyder

Sep 17 2023

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Sep 17 2023 #assurance, #climate

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Apr 12 2023 #assurance, #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #equity, #esg, #guest-post, #human-rights, #investors, #social

Did you hear that? They’ve shut down the main reactor. We’ll be destroyed for sure. This is madness! We’re doomed! There’ll be no escape for the Princess this time. What’s that? Artoo! Artoo-Detoo, where are you? At last! Where have...

Joe Smith

Feb 14 2022 #esg, #guest-post, #human-rights, #supply-chain

Guest Post: A Human Trafficker Speaks

Ed. note: A warning – some of this post may be hard to read, but it shows some of the stark reality of human trafficking. This comes from Matt Friedman, founder and CEO of The Mekong Club. Matt is a...

Joe Smith

Feb 9 2022 #climate, #diversity, #environment, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain

Conclusion of Our Series “Who Does ESG Really Serve?”

The last part in a series looking at groups generally thought to benefit from corporate ESG programs. When I came up with the idea for this series of articles in 2021, I honestly did not have an answer to the...

Joe Smith

Feb 9 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors, #supply-chain

Parallel Lines: Net Zero Commitments and Theranos

The Theranos story fascinates me, but not in a positive way. Yes, Enron got to me – WorldCom, Adelphia Communications and Washington Mutual far less so. Theranos eclipses my own personal experience auditing/investigating fraudulent waste disposal by a client’s employee...

Joe Smith

Feb 7 2022 #assurance, #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #supply-chain

SEC Enforcement of ESG “Not Waiting for New Rules”

From Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation, notes from the 49th Annual Securities Regulation Institute hosted by the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law last month. One discussion, titled “Updates from SEC Senior Staff: Division of Enforcement”, touched on ESG matters. The...

Joe Smith

Feb 4 2022 #climate, #diversity, #environment, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #supply-chain

ESG Quick Hits for February 4

It has been another busy week or so. Here are some highlights: PBCs got SPAC’d. Or maybe it is vice-versa. Honestly, I don’t understand the SPAC attack, but thankfully John Jenkins does. He recently posted an interesting observation that …...

Feb 3 2022 #assurance, #climate, #diversity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain

ESG Data Validation: Taking the Next Steps

I’m a recovering non-financial auditor and I suffer from the “prove it to me” syndrome when it comes to ESG/climate claims and data. But companies are pretty inconsistent about how or if they use internal controls/data validation for ESG reporting....

Jan 31 2022 #diversity, #esg, #human-rights, #social

Ways to Celebrate Black History This Month and All Year Long

“Since its inception, Black History Month has never been just a celebration of Black America’s achievements and stories – it’s part of a deliberate political strategy to be recognized as equal citizens” Dr. Theodore R. Johnson Black History Month (also...

Jan 28 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #supply-chain

Private Equity: SEC Setting Sights on Climate Risk?

In a split vote earlier this week, the SEC published a proposal to amend Form PF, the confidential reporting form that the Financial Oversight Stability Council (FSOC) uses to monitor systemic risk. As this Simpson Thacher memo explains, if approved, the...

Jan 27 2022 #assurance, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain

What Human Rights Due Diligence Looks Like: Know the Chain and SSGA

A new report from Know the Chain is a timely assessment of the status of human rights due diligence efforts and, according to the authors – “new evidence and analysis to underpin the design of effective due diligence… [as] limitations of transparency...

Joe Smith

Jan 25 2022 #compliance, #esg, #human-rights, #social, #supply-chain

Homeland Security Seeks Input on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

There may be a risk of overloading readers with information about the new Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), but we want to keep you updated. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security published a notice in the Federal Register seeking...

Joe Smith

Dec 28 2021 #compliance, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #supply-chain

Short Summary of the New US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Just before Christmas, President Biden signed H.R. 6256, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. At only eight pages long, it is poised to have a sweeping impact on U.S business, which imported more than US$430 billion worth of goods from...

Dec 7 2021 #assurance, #diversity, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #social

Understanding Civil Rights Audits

Over the past few years, companies have taken a harder look at their culture and inclusivity. The #MeToo movement, the 2020 murder of George Floyd, and the uprising that followed caused executives, directors and corporate stakeholders to consider their role...

Nov 23 2021 #climate, #environment, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #supply-chain

Applying the Just Transition Concept to Electric Vehicles (EVs)

We have previously blogged about the need for companies moving into clean energy to plan for carbon transition in a way that doesn’t harm marginalized communities, also called “just transition”. We discussed the concept primarily within the oil & gas...