Environmental , social , and corporate governance ( ESG ) practices are often referred to by investors as “ nonfinancial information ” . Robert ##les , a professor of Business Practice at Harvard Business School and a mathematician by training , has spent five years working to create sustainability accounting standards for the investment community . Eccles is also the chairman of ESG asset management firm Arabesque Partners . In this interview , he discusses the challenges to corporate sustainability reporting and the implications of such standardisation .
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues are often referred to by investors as “nonfinancial information”. Robert Eccles, a professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and a mathematician by training, has spent five years working to create sustainability accounting standards for the investment community. Eccles is also the chairman of ESG asset management firm Arabesque Partners. In this interview, he discusses the need to standardie ESG reporting and the implications of such standardisation.