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How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call
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How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call

by Brian Tomlinson, Tensie Whelan, Kevin Eckerle
May 2021
Beginner to intermediate
5 pages
14m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review
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How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call

Stop treating environmental, social, and governance strategies as a sidebar and integrate them into regular financial reporting.

Quarterly earnings calls need an overhaul. Management expends great effort preparing for them, investor relations officers view them as crucial venues for sharing the equity story — the strategic vision that provides a rationale for investing in the company’s stock — and quarterly results still move markets. So why should these calls emphasize short-term profit-taking over long-term investments in employees, research and development, and sustainability, given that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ...

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