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Executive Interviews

Sustainability Endures: Q&A With Former SVP Of Sustainability Research And Policy At Calvert Investments Bennett Freeman

Bennett Freeman, associate fellow of Chatham House and former SVP of Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments, speaks to Global Finance about environmental, social, and governance efforts worldwide.

News

Reducing Homeownership’s Racial Gap

Iowa's largest home lender is changing how borrowers are vetted to boost minority home ownership.

News

With More C-Suite Titles, ESG Gets A Seat At The Big Table

Newly minted ESG teams, chief ESG officers and chief sustainability officers are becoming more common in the corporate world.

News

Bosses Beware, Unionization Might Be Making A Comeback

Unionization efforts at Apple, Amazon and Starbucks appear to be exceptions to the rule of fewer workers in unions overall.

News

Boomerang Employees Are Returning To The Workplace

A survey by the Society of Human Resources Management shows that 86% of employers are willing to welcome back quitters.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Royal Dutch Shell’s New CFO Must Organize A Russian Goodbye

Like BP, Norway’s Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies, Shell’s leadership decided that the war with Ukraine made it impossible to maintain its business in Russia.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Geely Gears For Lotus Listing

The move follows similar stock market listings of Geely-owned foreign marques, including Volvo Cars, which floated in Stockholm last year.

Features

Private Banking: Demanding Times For ESG

The wealthy are ready for a more sustainable future, but struggling with just how to get there.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

A Path Out Of ESG Limbo

Transition bonds are providing a way for companies in hard-to-abate industries to deliver net-zero emissions.

Sustainable Finance

Carbon Trading 2.0

The effect of the Glasgow COP26 meeting continues to grow and is now propelling the carbon-trading market.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Doing Well By Doing Good: Q&A With HP Treasurer Zac Nesper

Zac Nesper, treasurer at HP, speaks with Global Finance about the company’s $1 billion sustainable bond offering in June and the framework HP developed for future issuances.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Pressure Rises With The Dollar

The rising value of the US dollar is affecting companies and economies globally—for better and worse.