CECP Insights Blog

Investors are looking for executives to strategically manage for the long term  According to last year’s Edelman Trust Barometer, 65 percent of people believe companies are not doing well at living up to their climate change commitments, driven by the focus on short-term profits. With close to 30 percent of company holdings owned by index […]

Photo originally featured in Sustainable Brands On March 8, 2022, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) convened 17 CEOs and key legal leaders to discuss newly proposed environmental and social governance (ESG) disclosure requirements from the SEC. If adopted, the mandated disclosures would require publicly traded companies to release information to investors about their emissions […]

Until late last year, I had enjoyed a 15-year career on both the buy side and sell side of Wall Street. Today I work with an organization whose mission is to prepare corporate leaders for the future new normal. Prior to joining CECP’s CEO Investor Forum, I worked at UBS advising Investor Relations Officers (IROs) […]

Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) congratulates the companies that took a bold step to sign on to the Businesses Roundtable (BRT) statement. We are proud of the progress CECP companies have made since our founding 20 years ago and see the statement as the next step in advancing business as a force for good.   […]

In his article “The False Prophet of Long Term Investing” James Mackintosh makes a nuanced argument about long-term investing versus short term trading. While he agrees that short-termism can lead to the wrong incentives for corporate management, a state of affairs he acknowledges large investors are working to correct, Mr. Mackintosh warns against blaming short-termism […]