Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
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- November–December 2024
- Harvard Business Review
How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan
| During the past few years, as evidence of climate change and its effects has mounted, many corporate boards have added climate governance to their agendas. But the maturity of boards’ climate-oversight processes and activities varies widely. To better understand how... |
- August 19, 2024
- Harvard Business Review Digital Articles
The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later
By: Lynn S. Paine
| Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the interests... |
- June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Climate Governance at Linde plc (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
| In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... |
- June 2024
- Teaching Material
Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
| In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... |
- September–October 2023
- Harvard Business Review
What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types
By: Lynn S. Paine
| Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance... |
- April 2023
- Case
Strive Asset Management
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
| Strive Asset Management, which launched in 2022, was actively targeting several leading U.S. companies in the upcoming 2023 proxy voting season to stop acquiescing to those large asset managers and other institutional shareholders who were pressing those companies to... |
- 22 Sep 2021
- Presentation
Getting Serious About Sustainability: Corporate Governance for a New Era
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 21 Sep 2021
- Presentation
Building a More Sustainable Economy: The Role of Business
By: Lynn S. Paine
- August 2020
- Teaching Material
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
| This Note has two parts. The first part (A) explores how U.S. private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly available... |
- August 2020
- Teaching Material
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
| This is the second part of a two-part note. The first part (A) explores how US private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly... |
- 11 Aug 2020
- Presentation
Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead in an Era of Disruption
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
by Martha Lagace
| Almost a decade after writing Capitalism at Risk, Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that not enough companies are stepping up to fix big global problems. |