Resources
We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Climate | Podcast
24 January 2022 - “There's no such thing anymore as a corporate strategy and a sustainability strategy. The overall corporate strategy has to have sustainability woven into it.”
In the News
19 January 2022 - Companies that fail to take a multi-stakeholder approach are missing out on far higher potential returns, according to a new study from FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit research organization, and the ESG Analytics Lab at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stakeholder Capitalism, Governance, Policy and Geopolitics | Article
19 January 2022 - Political uncertainty needn’t capsize an organization’s long-term strategy. Rather, through good governance and investing in stakeholder engagement, businesses can cut through the noise of what’s expected of them and stay true to their purpose.
Stakeholder Capitalism | Article
18 January 2022 - On 11 and 18 January, FCLTGlobal brought together global CEOs representing investors and companies to discuss multi-stakeholder capitalism and how stakeholder strategies are being integrated into long-term decision making. Participants identified several key issues across the investment value chain that need attention for a multi-stakeholder approach to be put into practice.
In the News
18 January 2022 - Companies that make decisions based on the effect on local communities or the labor force may suffer in the short term — but they’re better performers in the long run.
Press Release
18 January 2022 - Wharton School and FCLTGlobal partner on empirical research on the practical outcomes of stakeholder capitalism
Stakeholder Capitalism | Report
17 January 2022 - What does it take to earn a return from implementing a multi-stakeholder strategy and offer a rebuttal to skeptics? To answer this question, we turned toward empirical analysis, comparing the characteristics and performance of companies pursuing various stakeholder-oriented strategies.
Article
10 January 2022 - Recent regulatory shifts and financial uncertainty due to COVID-19 has changed how companies are spending their money, including on share buybacks.
Risk and Resilience | Video
5 January 2022 - Crises happen. Long-term investors are more exposed to them simply by virtue of their long holding periods. Their task cannot be to avoid crises, so instead they have to be resilient to them, which includes being able to anticipate them as well as possible so that board and staff know what they can expect, prepare accordingly, and proceed with their eyes wide open. The most widely-used statistics of investment risk, value-at-risk and probability-of-loss, omit details about what happens within an investment period, including how to know when systemic risk is rising and what might happen to their allocations, and newer statistics are beginning to gain traction to address these concerns.
Risk and Resilience | Video
5 January 2022 - FCLTGlobal’s eight-episode risk webinar series encourages implementation of long-term tools from Balancing Act: Managing Risk Across Multiple Time Horizons and offers continuing professional education for a broad audience of investment professionals. This video serves as a one-stop resource to inform and to encourage longer-term management of investment risk.
Press Release
4 January 2022 - FCLTGlobal announced today that Bob Sternfels, Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company, has joined its board of directors. McKinsey is a founding member of FCLTGlobal, having co-founded the original Focusing Capital on the Long Term initiative in 2013.
Report
3 January 2022 - As 2021 draws to a close, FCLTGlobal celebrates its fifth year in operation.