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Community members talk shareholder influence, regulatory controversy in climate investment seminar

The Office of Climate and Sustainability hosted the sixth installment of its Investing for Mission-Driven Institutions seminar series Tuesday evening, which explored the power shareholders wield in investment decisions in the wake of recent regulatory controversies.

Duke students and faculty met in the Rubenstein Library’s Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room for the conversation moderated by senior Emily Nagamoto, Undergraduate Environmental Union president, and Sarah Bloom Raskin, Colin W. Brown distinguished professor of the practice of law.

Raskin couched the discussion in the context of two recent developments in the regulatory world: an update to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s policy on reporting carbon emissions and a lawsuit against company…

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