The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sat, 02 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Putting Companies in the Driver’s Seat to Enhance ESG Reporting – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Putting Companies in the Driver’s Seat to Enhance ESG Reporting https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/05/08/putting-companies-in-the-drivers-seat-to-enhance-esg-reporting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=putting-companies-in-the-drivers-seat-to-enhance-esg-reporting https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/05/08/putting-companies-in-the-drivers-seat-to-enhance-esg-reporting/#comments Wed, 08 May 2019 13:18:42 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=118223?d=20190508091842EDT Posted by Rakhi Kumar, State Street Global Advisors, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Editor's Note:

Rakhi Kumar is Senior Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors. This post is based on a publication prepared by State Street Global Advisors. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Socially Responsible Firms by Alan Ferrell, Hao Liang, and Luc Renneboog (discussed on the Forum here) and Social Responsibility Resolutions by Scott Hirst (discussed on the Forum here).

ESG. It’s one of the fastest growing areas of investment today. Representing 1-in-4 of every dollar that is professionally managed, sustainable investing is being integrated into portfolios at 17% each year. [1] And yet, for all the investor interest and excitement around ESG, companies struggle to understand what information to report, how to report it, and the relevance of ESG information to investors.

For State Street Global Advisors, we believe financially material ESG factors can impact a company’s long-term performance. Our goal is not just to build ESG portfolios but also to encourage companies to focus on issues that matter while providing them with the transparency to meet those expectations. This is the only way to create sustainable markets and long-term value for investors.

To drive progress in this area, we have been engaging with hundreds of companies to understand how they disclose and incorporate ESG into their long-term strategy. And now, we’ve built a tool we believe will incentivize companies to make a big leap forward.

Here’s how it works.
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