'Civil disobedience is on the rise, and whether or not our leaders are listening, the market is,' writes Rebecca Adamson.
. The power of social media is growing. It was the organizing force behind the #NoDAPL Day of Action, coordinating 500 NGOs and 300 events across all 50 states and numerous international cities including Kyoto, London, Sydney, Paris, and Marrakesh.read, “Avoid Energy Transfer Partners Stock Until This Is Resolved.
No other event in the 21st century has done more to demonstrate how social risk can become material risk than DAPL. Material ESG factors should be factored into pricing securities, and bank lending should take into account the higher probability of lower and more variable returns. ETP was not alone in its failure to recognize the social risk inherent with the DAPL project. The 17 banks that were financing DAPL lost over $4.
The kind of detailed research that was done on DAPL is not the norm. We need investors to more routinely have access to much better ESG data like the research done on DAPL. However, there is growing evidence that social risk has concreate implications for the value of companies.
As we see today, when a government fails to uphold the rule of law, or inadequately regulates corporations in the first place, when benefits accrue to only a few, when people are disenfranchised from decisions that impact their lives — there is something you can do about it: Protest, protest, protest.
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