{"id":913,"date":"2018-06-22T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hear-ir.com\/?p=913"},"modified":"2023-12-20T20:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:58:52","slug":"ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/","title":{"rendered":"IR Society conference, some key notes “Hears case for long-termism and ESG”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

IROs have responsibility to offer open, clear communications and long-term narrative<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

We are pleased today to share some key notes from the IR Society’s annual conference\u00a0entitled \u2018IR: future-proofing business\u2019, held in London on Tuesday 19th.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

A strong narrative of social responsibility and ESG ran through the IR Society\u2019s annual conference.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This began with the keynote speech from Douglas Flint, former group chairman at HSBC. He noted: \u2018It is the dialogue with society that gives us the license to operate.\u2019 Here he was highlighting the growing expectation of wider society in how listed companies are run.\"\"<\/p>\n

This was placed in the context of companies articulating long-term thinking and building trust and establishing integrity by considering long-term objectives through broadening the definition of shareholders to \u2013 in essence \u2013 society itself.<\/p>\n

Going further, Sir Michael Rake, former chairman of the BT Group, said: \u2018Capitalism, if it is to survive, needs to be an inclusive capitalism. People feel left behind.\u2019 And citing a Harvard Business Review (HBR) report from Joseph Bower\u00a0and Lynn Paine, who co-wrote\u00a0Capitalism at risk: Rethinking the role of business<\/em>, Rake said there should be a \u2018move from shareholder value to healthy companies\u2019.<\/p>\n

The conclusion of the HBR piece states this in clear and categorical terms: \u2018The time has come to challenge the agency-based model of corporate governance. Its mantra of maximizing shareholder value is distracting companies and their leaders from the innovation, strategic renewal and investment in the future that require their attention.\u2019<\/p>\n

On another connected issue Rake warned: \u2018The elephant in the room is remuneration.\u2019 Excessive pay, he warned, can lead to negative and \u2018unintended consequences\u2019 for a company and among shareholders this is an issue that needs to be tackled.<\/p>\n

In this way, the ESG narrative is a necessary counterpoint to influence many companies. But as Elly Irving, ESG Analyst at Schroders, warned: \u2018A commitment to ESG needs to be fully integrated into all parts of the business.\u2019 It cannot, in short, just be talked about \u2013 it needs to be backed up.<\/p>\n

Central to all of this is effective messaging. In this way, the IRO has a major role to play. \u2018The obligation of a company is to provide open, clear communications and to have a convincing long-term story,\u2019 noted Rake.<\/p>\n

This was why moderator Evan Davis cited Larry Fink\u2019s letter to CEOs on the importance of long-term thinking and the need for companies to have a clearly defined purpose while delivering benefit for investors and, importantly, wider stakeholders.<\/p>\n

That said, Craig Marks, senior director of IR at AstraZeneca, added another perspective: \u2018The human brain cannot take more than three or four key messages, so it\u2019s not just what you say \u2013 it\u2019s\u00a0how<\/em>\u00a0you say it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Summing up, it was strongly concluded that the IRO has a key role in helping to build a sustainable and ESG-focused business. In fact, the IRO can be the architect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IROs have responsibility to offer open, clear communications and long-term narrative We are pleased today to share some key notes from the IR Society’s annual conference\u00a0entitled \u2018IR: future-proofing business\u2019, held in London on Tuesday 19th. A strong narrative of social responsibility and ESG ran through the IR Society\u2019s annual conference.\u00a0 This began with the keynote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38],"tags":[44,16,28,37,45,20],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7","category-news","tag-esg","tag-hear-ir","tag-investor-relations","tag-ir-magazine","tag-ir-society","tag-value-opportunity"],"yoast_head":"\nIR Society conference, some key notes "Hears case for long-termism and ESG" - Hear-ir<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IR Society conference, some key notes "Hears case for long-termism and ESG" - Hear-ir\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IROs have responsibility to offer open, clear communications and long-term narrative We are pleased today to share some key notes from the IR Society’s annual conference\u00a0entitled \u2018IR: future-proofing business\u2019, held in London on Tuesday 19th. A strong narrative of social responsibility and ESG ran through the IR Society\u2019s annual conference.\u00a0 This began with the keynote […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hear-ir\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hear-ir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Scritto da\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hear-ir\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tempo di lettura stimato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minuti\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hear-ir\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f2998b398cdee89671e9108b2dc2feec\"},\"headline\":\"IR Society conference, some key notes “Hears case for long-termism and ESG”\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":496,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ESG\",\"HEAR-ir\",\"investor relations\",\"IR Magazine\",\"IR Society\",\"value opportunity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2018\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/\",\"name\":\"IR Society conference, some key notes \\\"Hears case for long-termism and ESG\\\" - Hear-ir\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IR Society conference, some key notes “Hears case for long-termism and ESG”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/favicon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/favicon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/hear-ir\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f2998b398cdee89671e9108b2dc2feec\",\"name\":\"Hear-ir\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hear-ir.com\\\/it\\\/author\\\/infomugagency-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IR Society conference, some key notes \"Hears case for long-termism and ESG\" - Hear-ir","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"IR Society conference, some key notes \"Hears case for long-termism and ESG\" - Hear-ir","og_description":"IROs have responsibility to offer open, clear communications and long-term narrative We are pleased today to share some key notes from the IR Society’s annual conference\u00a0entitled \u2018IR: future-proofing business\u2019, held in London on Tuesday 19th. A strong narrative of social responsibility and ESG ran through the IR Society\u2019s annual conference.\u00a0 This began with the keynote […]","og_url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/","og_site_name":"Hear-ir","article_published_time":"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Hear-ir","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Scritto da":"Hear-ir","Tempo di lettura stimato":"2 minuti"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/"},"author":{"name":"Hear-ir","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2998b398cdee89671e9108b2dc2feec"},"headline":"IR Society conference, some key notes “Hears case for long-termism and ESG”","datePublished":"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/"},"wordCount":496,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg","keywords":["ESG","HEAR-ir","investor relations","IR Magazine","IR Society","value opportunity"],"articleSection":["2018","News"],"inLanguage":"it-IT"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/","url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/","name":"IR Society conference, some key notes \"Hears case for long-termism and ESG\" - Hear-ir","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-06-22T10:16:42+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T19:58:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"it-IT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/tim-trad-205977-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/ir-society-conference-some-key-notes-hears-case-for-long-termism-and-esg\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IR Society conference, some key notes “Hears case for long-termism and ESG”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/","name":"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"it-IT"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#organization","name":"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling","url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/favicon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/favicon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Hear-ir - Investor Relation Counselling"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hear-ir\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2998b398cdee89671e9108b2dc2feec","name":"Hear-ir","sameAs":["https:\/\/hear-ir.com"],"url":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/author\/infomugagency-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hear-ir.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}