Five Governance Questions for Tesla
Elon Musk wants to take Tesla private at $420 per share, an amount that would value the company somewhere in the neighborhood of Ford and FiatChrysler combined. His plan would also enable current public…
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Author and futurist Alex Salkever, formerly Marketing Communications Manager at Mozilla, spoke at the Financial Women’s Association ’s May 9 Summit “The Future of Work. ” The presentation, “The Driver in the Driverless Car:…
Accountability and Action on the Slate? Corporate Governance in This Activist Age
Citizen activists are taking to the streets to demand government accountability and action on issues they care about passionately, with groups ranging from #metoo to #neveragain, Black Lives Matter, and the alt-right. Against this…
Tackling Board Diversity: Turnover a Key Ingredient
This article originally appeared in FA Magazine on May 11. Do efforts to bring greater diversity to company boards still matter? Some advocates for greater equality in corporations say investors should…
A Spiral of Change: Understanding the investment impact of sexual and gender-based violence
Recently, Cornerstone Capital’s Head of Impact Strategy, Katherine Pease, sat down for an in-depth discussion with two leading figures in the field of gender-focused investment and philanthropy, to discuss the role that…
The Best Art: System Intelligence, Decarbonization, and the Built Environment
In the process of painting, an artist will back away from a canvas and intentionally blur her vision, simulating distance, in an effort to take in the work as an aesthetic whole and not merely…
Erika Karp at Impact Capitalism Summit
On April 18, Cornerstone Capital Founder and CEO Erika Karp delivered a “TED”-style talk at Big Path Capital’s Impact Capitalism Summit, held in Chicago. She spoke on the unprecedented confluence of trends driving the…
It’s Time To End Sexual And Gender-Based Violence
This editorial was originally published in FA Online, April 26, 2018. There was a time when I regularly quoted a well-known statistic that one third of women and girls experience…
Cannabis — the New Investing Frontier
On April 17, 2018 Viridian Capital Advisors and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) hosted a panel discussion titled “Cannabis- the New Investing Frontier. ” ACG is a networking platform for the smaller to mid-sized…
Our View on New DoL Guidance
The recent field assistance bulletin by the U. S. Department of Labor, which asserts that under ERISA “fiduciaries must not too readily treat ESG factors as economically relevant…” demonstrates a lack of…
One Evening in Denver…
At Cornerstone Capital Group, we have always been committed to investing with gender lens – it’s part of our heritage as a woman-owned investment firm, and equity and inclusion are core values. One of…
CEO Investor Forum: Investor Letter to Presenting Companies
In conjunction with the recent CEO Investor Forum hosted by CECP, a CEO-led coalition that believes a company’s social strategy determines company success, the organization's Strategic Investors Initiative (SII) issued an open letter to its members…
When Political Will Fails
U. S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russians for violations of US campaign laws highlights just how broken the U. S. election finance system has become. It illustrates that…
ESG Investing: An Interview with the CFA Institute
The CFA Institute's "Take 15" series recently posted a video interview with John Wilson, who explains how to integrate key tenets of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing into the equity research process. John also…
Oceans in Peril: What Can Investors Do?
We recently had the pleasure of hosting the webinar “Oceans in Peril: What Can Investors Do?” Craig Metrick , Managing Director, Institutional Consulting & Research for Cornerstone, was joined by ocean health expert Karen Sack…
Shutting Down Forced Labor: The Investor’s Role
Slavery is outlawed throughout the world, yet an estimated 25 million children and adults are still victimized as forced laborers. Modern slavery particularly affects the supply chains of the Apparel & Footwear, Information &…
Blockchain: Rearranging Trust
In the view of blockchain proponents, one of the technology’s major advantages is that it doesn’t require trust at the point of transaction, leading to a radical shift in the power of intermediaries. However,…
The Data-Driven Future of Water
Cornerstone Capital recently hosted water expert Will Sarni for a conversation about "The Data-Driven Future of Water. " Sebastian Vanderzeil, Director and Global Thematic Analyst, interviewed Will, covering questions such as: How has…
ESG Compatibility: A Hidden Success Factor in M&A Transactions
Editor’s note: This Sustainalytics report struck us as offering cogent insights, and the authors kindly granted us permission to share this summary. The full report can be found here . …
In Defense of Transparency: Why Extractives Companies Should Remain Committed
Editor's Note: The post was originally published on BSR's website on November 7, and is republished with permission. See original post here . We continue to track issues of transparency and…
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