Eighty-seven percent of investor relations professionals say they believe companies can improve long-term shareholder value through better carbon management – reducing emissions that affect the environment – and that communications technologies can help companies achieve their overall corporate social responsibility goals.
Those are among the key findings of a new study conducted by Verizon Business and IR magazine. It investigated the drivers – governmental, regulatory, stakeholder or financial – that are pushing environmental concerns to the top of the investor relations agenda, and identified how these concerns are affecting overall investor relations practices. Read more (IR Magazine/Verizon Business)
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