Elevator Pitch—ESG

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Sustainability is a political and social imperative. How can our world advance and thrive in a sustainable way, that is, a way that enables us to live within the planet’s resources and hand over to future generations a viable socioeconomic “ecosphere”?

ESG is the broadly accepted set of evolving mechanisms that will best enable modern complex societies to work toward sustainable outcomes as evinced by the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

“E,” “S,” and “G” are separate, but overlapping, specialisms. Addressing them requires sound planning and deliberative ongoing management.

Rome was not built in a day; ESG outcomes will develop over time. Our generation is “investing” for the next. Businesses—and ...

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