ESG Quick Takes is a podcast from ESG Book that delves into some of the most pressing issues shaping sustainable finance today. In each episode, host Isabel Verkes interviews experts in ESG, climate, data and technology on the latest trends from across the global sustainability landscape. Isabel is Climate and Sustainable Investing Director at ESG Book.
The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule on Pause: What Happens Next?
In April 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission paused the implementation of its recently released climate disclosure rules requiring companies to report on climate-related risks and emissions, as it awaits a court review of the new rules following a series of legal challenges by several states and business groups. In this ESG Quick Takes episode, host Isabel Verkes speaks to Pamela L. Marcogliese, Partner and Head of US Corporate Advisory and Governance at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on what happens next with the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule, and the implications of the pause for US corporations.
2 Apr 2024
NYU Stern Professor Alison Taylor: Higher Ground - How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
In this new ESG Quick Takes episode, host Isabel Verkes speaks to NYU Stern Professor Alison Taylor, author of the new book ‘Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World’.
Discussing the themes of the book, Professor Taylor argues that amid stakeholder demands and transparency pressures, we can no longer treat ethics as a legal and reputational defence mechanism.
Offering vivid stories and examples, Professor Taylor brings this complex, risky environment alive to provide a blueprint for how leaders should rethink and reshape their practices. How can CEOs cut through the noise to set robust environmental and social priorities? When should they speak out on contentious social and political issues - and how? What does it really take to build a healthy organisational culture? And how are we to approach corporate values when society is so divided?
Tune in to as Professor Taylor explains how business can navigate this paradigm shift, build trust, and achieve long-term strategic advantage in a turbulent world.
22 Jan 2024
Todd Cort on the links between sustainability metrics and financial performance, and why the debate continues.
In this new ESG Quick Takes episode, host Isabel Verkes speaks to Yale University's Todd Cort on the links between sustainability metrics and financial performance.
Despite various studies over the past decade showing a correlation between financial returns and ESG performance, do we have sufficient data showing the causal links explaining that relationship? Dr. Cort discusses some of the challenges around ESG and financial materiality, and how the debate is continuing to evolve.
Faculty Director of Yale University’s sustainability program, Dr. Cort works at the intersection of sustainability and investor value. Over the course of 20 years, in consulting and academia, he has applied a scientific and economic lens to corporate social and environmental responsibility (or sustainability) in order to identify the tools, mechanisms, metrics and indicators that create the greatest value for investors, businesses and society.
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