In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:
- Swiss prosecutors demand jail time for Steinmetz. (TimesOfIsrael)
- Who are your stakeholders? (Reuters)
- Fat Leonard goes on the lam. (Declan Herald)
- Trump SPAC is in danger of collapse. (NYT)
Tag: FedEx
Tom Fox welcomes back Aaron Nicodemus to the ESG Report. Aaron is a writer at Compliance Week, a magazine that provides the latest information in the ethics, governance, risk, and compliance space. He primarily writes about regulatory policy and compliance trends. In this week’s show, he and Tom discuss Aaron’s new article series about FedEx’s journey on ESG.
The Inspiration Behind The Articles on FedEx and Their ESG Journey
Justin Ross, CCO at FedEx, was dubbed the CCO of The Year at Compliance Week 2021. After he won the award, he and Aaron discussed the new efforts FedEx was venturing into. One of the initiatives that came up was FedEx’s environmental plan for the future. After extensive research, Aaron realized that “the extent of [FedEx’s] ESG initiatives went much further than I had realized”. This intrigued him and he decided to write the series based on his findings.
How FedEx Plans to Manage ESG
Tom asks Aaron how a delivery company, that spends exorbitant amounts on fuel and vehicle maintenance, could reframe that into an ESG issue. Aaron replies that those were the first questions FedEx asked themselves when it conceptualized its environmental initiative. They decided to focus on reducing their emissions; that worked well alongside their fuel reduction initiative for a time. They determined that they could be more efficient with their jets, by ensuring that the engine does not idle more than necessary. However, as Aaron points out, emissions and fuel reduction are not a linear process, “Their biggest problem with their emissions is that because they’re growing so fast, they’re making more deliveries, they’re making more flights through the air, and they just have trouble keeping their emissions down because they’re expanding so fast.”
Ebb and Flow of FedEx’s Environmental Initiative
Aaron says, “One of the biggest touch points for FedEx with its ESG initiative is transparency.” He explains that they want stakeholders to understand their goals and the journey to get there so that when they have setbacks, they’re all accounted for. For example, FedEx has ordered over 20,000 electric cars, to reduce exhaust emissions into the environment but only received five of them. He adds that they had another goal to increase an alternative source of jet fuel but they were having an issue with supply, and they ended up having to postpone the idea several times. However, since they are in constant communication with their investors, employees, and customers, they can comfortably discuss their failures, how close they got to achieving them, and why they did or did not achieve them.
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Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week, unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.
In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from May around ESG at FedEx and key enforcement actions. May was also a record month for traffic on the Compliance Week website. Kyle and Tom talk about the recently held Compliance Week 2022 Conference, which took place in DC. We talked about some of the highlights from presentations, from new vendors in the compliance space, and how great it was to be together in person again. Kyle previewed some topics that Compliance Week will report in June, including Return to Work issues from the compliance perspective, coverage of CW 2022, Russia sanctions, and new ideas from the compliance officer think tank held at CS 2022.
We conclude with a look at some of the top sports stories, including the NBA playoffs and the Celtics making it to the 2022 NBA finals. Tom talks about the Nick Saban/Jimbo Fisher feud over college football recruiting, and Kyle reminds us of the Celtics taking the long view on developing talent.
Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Kyle Brasseur, EIC at Compliance Week unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.
In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from April around the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed by the West, including simply keeping up with the ever changing sanctions. Kyle previews the a case study on how FedEx is executing an ESG program. We discuss the Compliance Week 2022 Conference scheduled for May in DC. We conclude with a look at some of the top sports stories including a look at the NBA playoffs and the Celtics, find out that Kyle is as big a homer as his predecessor, Tom pays tribute to long-time Houston Chronicle Sports Columnist John McClain, the General and are shocked to find out that the Yankees cheated but still lost to the Astros.
Listeners to this podcast can receive a $200 discount to Compliance Week 2022 by going here and using the Code FOX200.
Welcome to From the Editor’s Desk, a podcast where co-hosts Tom Fox and Dave Lefort, Managing Director at Compliance Week unpack some of the top stories which have appeared in Compliance Week over the past month, look at top compliance stories upcoming for the next month, talk some sports and generally try to solve the world’s problems.
In this month’s episode, we look back at top stories in CW from March around the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed by the West, including simply keeping up with the ever changing sanctions, the public pressures on companies to model their values and the ever-growing importance of due diligence. Dave previews the a case study on how FedEx is executing an ESG program. We discuss the Compliance Week 2022 Conference scheduled for May in DC. We conclude with a look at some of the top sports stories including Dave’ tribute to Jackie McMullan, who has finally started a podcast, a preview of the Celtics in the NBA playoffs and the labor settlement in baseball.
If you are a CW subscriber, you can check out Aly McDevitt’s series, starting here. If you are not a subscriber, you can preview her series, by clicking here.
Listeners to this podcast can receive a $200 discount to Compliance Week 2022 by going here and using the Code FOX200.
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