ProfNet Experts Available on Climate Change Business Risks, Workplace Attitude, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Investors Need Transparency to Assess Climate-Change Related Business Risks
• ADA Website Wars Coming to a Retailer Near You
• How to Be Happy at Work

MEDIA JOBS

• Freelance Thought Leadership Specialists – Longitude (US)
• Columnist, Word on the Street – The Wall Street Journal (NY)
• Deputy Opinion Editor  – Newsweek (NY)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 9 Tips: Defeat Your Inner Editor to Write Better and Faster
• Blogger Conferences: Top Events to Attend in September
• Blog Profiles: Weather Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Investors Need Transparency to Assess Climate-Change Related Business Risks
Jean Rogers
Founder, Chair
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
"As the impacts of sustainability-related business risks on business and society -- including those associated with climate change -- have risen in prominence, a variety of reporting approaches have proliferated, creating confusion in the market over which one to use. Alignment with the TCFD recommendations will provide streamlined guidance for issuers, more useful information for investors and other decision makers, and increased stability and resilience for the broader capital markets."
Rogers is the founder of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and served as CEO for six years. She now serves as chair of the SASB Standards Board. The SASB and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) recently released a paper outlining how the two organizations are aligning with the G20 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures' (TCFD) recommendations. The paper, "Converging on Climate Risk: CDSB, the SASB, and the TCFD," stands as a statement of agreement by the SASB and CDSB to facilitate the disclosure of material and decision-useful climate-related information following the TCFD recommendations.
Paper: https://library.sasb.org/converging-on-climate-risk
Website: https://www.sasb.org
Contact: Brian Hyland, [email protected]

ADA Website Wars Coming to a Retailer Near You
Audrey Mross
Employment Law Attorney
Munck Wilson Mandala in Dallas
A federal judge in Florida recently found that a nationwide grocery chain's website was inaccessible to visually impaired individuals and thus in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public places, like stores and movie theaters. Increasingly, a battle has been brewing over whether or not websites for such "places of accommodation" must also be accessible. Says Mross: "In this case, the court agreed that because the company's website was closely integrated with its stores, the web content must be accessible to the hearing and visually impaired. If consumer-facing businesses were not aware of ADA website compliance, this case should be an eye-opener."
Contact: Robert Tharp, [email protected]

How to Be Happy at Work
Jody B. Miller
CEO
C2C Executive Search & Strategic Management
"The bottom line is that most of us refuse ourselves the chance to follow our hearts and do the things we know will truly give our lives meaning and make us happy. We often don't feel useful or worthy in life, which forces us to sink into a despair that is trapping and seemingly impossible to escape from. My goal is to help people break free from this dangerous way of thinking and inspire them to make tangible change and reinvent themselves as a person who is wealthy, happy and gets up every morning with nothing but boundless excitement for the day ahead."
Miller, a work happiness expert, is the author of the new book, "From DRIFT to SHIFT: How Change Can Bring True Meaning and Happiness to Your Work and Life" and has helped thousands of people find true meaning in their work and in their lives. Her previous positions include investment banker, strategic consultant to Fortune 100 Corporations, CEO of a software startup, assistant producer for a PBS television series, and sales and marketing executive for CBS Television. She is also the author of "HIRED! in 2017" and "Hired! Expert Advice from A Leading Wall Street Recruiter." These books provide roadmaps for getting hired in today's competitive job world. Miller contributes to Ignites Financial Times Magazine, LinkedIn and The Huffington Post, and has written numerous articles about job satisfaction, work/life balance and finding meaning. Her books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iBooks.
Online Press Kit: http://jodybmiller.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.JodyBMiller.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Freelance Thought Leadership Specialists – Longitude (US)
• Columnist, Word on the Street – The Wall Street Journal (NY)
• Deputy Opinion Editor  – Newsweek (NY)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line at [email protected]

• 9 Tips: Defeat Your Inner Editor to Write Better and Faster.  Don't let your inner editor become a bully. Here are nine reminders to help write stronger pieces, and more often: http://prn.to/2xBCYsD  
• Blogger Conferences: Top Events to Attend in September.  This a monthly column of what's happening in the blog world. Here are top events to attend in September & October: http://prn.to/2xbigi3  
• BLOG PROFILES: WEATHER BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and profiles a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at weather blogs: http://bit.ly/2xaQOyR

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