New Rules, New Opportunities
The recent SEC rule has clarified to some extent the requirements for publicly-reporting companies when it comes to climate risk. For now, Scope 1 and 2 are in focus, and many companies will have their hands full meeting these requirements. According to a recent Standard & Poor’s survey, fully 36% of surveyed companies are not […]
Does the California Climate Law apply to your company?
In October of 2023, California passed first-in-the-nation climate reporting requirements that will extend to private companies and to mid-sized businesses, in addition to publicly reporting companies. Read more in this analysis from Deloitte: The Sweeping Impacts of California’s Climate Legislation
ESG: Three Perspectives on Risk, Regulation, Reporting, and the Road Ahead
Join us at AFP in San Diego on October 23rd as Winifred Pinet moderates a panel discussion on ESG. Panelists include Matt Bittner, Chief People Officer and Partner at Dealer Tire, LLC, Suhayl Meghji, Climate Solutions Specialist at Persefoni, and Marcia Banks, Deputy Director, International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers. Their experience and reflection on […]
Sycamore Associates to present at the AFP National Conference in October 2023
We are honored to be selected as presenters at the Association for Financial Professionals National Conference, October 22-25, in San Diego! We will let you know more about our session as the time grows closer. Join us!
“Four Hundred Souls” Named Sycamore Associates 2023 Book of the Year
Four Hundred Souls, a Community History of African America, 1619 – 2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, has been named the Sycamore Associates Book of the Year for 2023. “This collection of essays by Black writers, scholars, poets, and sages, is essential reading. Illuminating the complex and crushing weight of inequality, racism, […]
Sycamore Associates to present at Northern Ohio AFP Idea Exchange
WInifred Pinet and Marcia Banks will present ESG in the Foreground: Of Risk, Regulators, Reporting, and the Road Ahead at the Northern Ohio Association of Financial Professionals Idea Exchange, on Monday, September 19th. ESG is emerging as the most prominent new reporting initiative in recent years. ESG efforts, reporting, requirements, and risks engage virtually all constituencies surrounding […]
SEC Proposes Climate Disclosure Rules
The SEC has proposed reporting rules for climate disclosures, with a comment period running through mid-June 2022. While much has been written on the details, the summary take-away is this: regulation is coming, and the initial focus is climate risk. The proposed rules align with the TCFD (Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure) frameworks, […]
“Braiding Sweetgrass” Named Sycamore Associates Book of the Year for 2022
Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, is Sycamore’s 2022 Book of the Year. “This lyrical work effortlessly weaves themes of indigenous knowledge and science to make a compelling case for changing our relationship with the world, its inhabitants, and each other. It illuminates the truths about our impacts in our natural environment while offering the […]
Sycamore and Dealer Tire Discuss ESG at AFP National Conference
At the AFP National Conference in Washington, DC (November 2021), Sycamore Associates and Dealer Tire collaborated on a panel discussing the current state of ESG efforts broadly across the corporate space, and specifically the ESG journey at Dealer Tire. Key highlights were comments by Matt Bittner, Chief People Officer, addressing alignment of ESG efforts with […]
Sycamore Associates to Present on ESG at AFP National Conference
Sycamore Associates will present a panel discussion with our client, Dealer Tire LLC, at the Association of Financial Professionals national conference November 7-10, 2021 in Washington DC, and virtually. Our presentation, “Building ESG from the Ground Up at Dealer Tire”, will take place at 1:45 PM EST on Tuesday, November 9th, and will be webcast. […]