George Serafeim

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Serafeim: ESG differentiation is an opportunity for companies to lead

There are four fundamental aspects of driving change inside organisations: measurement, analysis, strategy and communication. Many companies have made the mistake of starting from the fourth step, and reporting is driving strategy, says business author and Harvard Business School professor, George Serafeim.

Ben HurleyOctober 5, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Measuring outcomes is what really matters: Serafeim

Investors interested in ESG should be aware of the intensity of the commitment and develop their own deep expertise and impact-weighted accounts, according to ESG pioneer and academic, Professor George Serafeim. He will speak at the Sustainability in Practice event at Harvard University in September.

Amanda WhiteAugust 4, 2022

Harvard 2019

Time to focus on human capital risk

Investors should think much more about human capital and the role it plays in their investments, said George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard University.

Sarah RundellOctober 10, 2019

Sustainability

Big data, ESG ratings help find alpha

Companies that deliver on sustainability are starting to trade at a premium and investors need to shop for value. New research, by George Serafeim, professor of business administration, Harvard Business School, shows big data and ESG ratings can combine to find alpha.

George SerafeimNovember 2, 2018

Research

Investors’ role in company collaboration

Investors play an important role in facilitating corporate collaborations to improve sustainability says a leading Harvard academic in sustainability.

Amanda WhiteAugust 24, 2017

Uncategorised posts

Why integrated reporting makes sense: Robert Eccles

Robert Eccles has been trying to change the nature of corporate reporting for more than 20 years. He has been an advocate for supplementing financials with information on non-financial factors that are leading indicators of financial results – such as product development, customer satisfaction and the development of intangible assets. The premise is those companies […]

Amanda WhiteJuly 15, 2015