CHAPTER 4

Corporate Values and Mission

Creative Dialogue

ESG is generally described as an organizational response (both private and public sectors) to the broader Sustainability agenda. As we listen to people discussing ESG, we can get the impression that it is considered a panacea—a cure to all the world’s problems. Inevitably, there will be a “pushback” to this agenda, which sometimes comes across as a zealous mission far removed from the day-to-day hurly-burly of modern corporate life.

It is not our purpose, here, to question or challenge the broad Sustainability, or ESG, agendas. Almost inevitably, direct challenges will emerge from business people, governmental practitioners, and a range of professionals from the compliance and legal areas, ...

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