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We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
In the News
8 February 2024 - For more than a decade, research has consistently found that most corporate executives believe short-term pressure is growing, that it is changing their business decisions, and that those changes are destroying value.
In the News
30 January 2024 - In a world grappling with war in Ukraine and the Middle East, US-China tensions, and polarised domestic politics in many countries, business leaders find themselves at the crossroads of global complexities and investment decision-making. Which begs the question: how are investors assessing and addressing geopolitical uncertainty in their strategies?
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19 December 2023 - COP28 in Dubai had all the ingredients for both decisive action and controversy. Given the UAE’s status as a significant fossil fuel producer, it was seen by many as the host likeliest both to commit significant resources as well as face criticism from climate campaigners.
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4 December 2023 - Three years later, BlackRock is still betting big on the transition to a lower-carbon economy, but the $9.1tn money manager’s emphasis when it talks about sustainability and social issues has changed.
Climate | In the News
20 November 2023 - Investors and corporations will arrive in Dubai for COP28 later this month, and the world is depending on them to recognize and address a paradox: ordinary net zero 2050 commitments are one of the biggest threats to achieving net zero carbon emissions in 2050.
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20 October 2023 - What exactly are asset owners, and how do these institutions participate in deciding how companies are run?
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16 October 2023 - The sums of capital the sector wields could be critical to financing a sustainable economy, but greater transparency and accountability are needed to ensure this happens.
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4 October 2023 - Many US corporate chief executives have been prioritizing near-term earnings targets at the expense of investing in long-term success.
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26 September 2023 - Total shareholder return is the most common metric that shareholders employ to align interests, but it is often short term-oriented.
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9 August 2023 - While we do not know where the long game will find these investments and some will be winners while other losers like with any risk investments, research from McKinsey Global Institute and FCLT Global showed that there is significant gain from focusing on long-term value and green investments of 47 per cent higher revenue growth and faster growing market caps.
In the News
7 August 2023 - Instead of asking ‘what is a long-term model for investment benchmarks,’ we can ask ‘how many institutions view long-term benchmarking as practical?’
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14 June 2023 - Over the past decade, many countries and companies have made ambitious pledges to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. For investors, however, the implementation of similar commitments in investment portfolios has led to some unintended outcomes.