Newsletter: ESG: what, why, long-term-thinking, making a profit

What is ESG? Why is ESG important? Can a company that adopts ESG also maximise profits? What are the challenges in adopting ESG? Why is demand for ESG growing? What is the ESG opportunity and how does this tie in with labour shortage? And what about ESG and company culture?  

These are big questions

In this ESG guide, we consider the above questions. To help produce this ESG guide, we have interviewed leading experts and, with them, really tried to dive deep and get under the eco-friendly ESG bonnet.

We spoke to

• Martijn Eikelenboom, Managing Partner Global Head of Sustainability Strategy Practice at Arthur D Little, a leading management consultancy.
• Cecilia Carlswärd, founding partner at Violet Hill & Co, which focuses on supporting businesses in implementing sustainable transformation.

Stuart Ravens, a highly regarded analyst who focuses on ESG

And Damien Stork, Founder at CHX, a consultancy focused on reframing organisational mental health, humanising leadership and creating higher performing, more engaged, kinder businesses.

Click below for the stories:

ESG the elevator pitch

What is ESG?Why is ESG important?Can a company that adopts ESG also maximise profits?What are the challenges in adopting ESG?Why demand for ESG is growing.The ESG opportunityESG and the labour shortage

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

ESG and company culture and ESG by design

ESG needs to be embedded into a company’s culture. Maybe one way is ESG by design.

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

ESG-profit-maximising-benefits

ESG extracts a cost, but maybe it creates profit in the long run; maybe for a company with a long term horizon, ESG and profit maximisation is the same thing

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

Buffett calls ESG asinine. What does he mean, and is he right?

At an investment presentation in 2021, Warren Buffett called ESG asinine. What did he mean by that, and was he right?

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

Corporate social responsibility and ESG vacancies soar

A new report finds that corporate social responsibility vacancies have soared and suggests that ESG is becoming a competitive advantage.

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

ESG: some investors still fixated on quarterly results

A new EY survey reveals a clash between CEOs applying ESG and some investors who remain preoccupied with quarterly accounting.

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter

Data privacy, digital marketing and the rule of three…

As every digital marketer knows, says Andrew Sharp from Securys, the power of permission marketing is worth dedicating some time to mastering, after all, you don’t want to be a cookie monster.

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyTechopian Team

Four day week: is it practical?

The UK is to trial a four-day week. But is it practical? How can companies afford it? Would a four-day week mean lower wages?

Techopian - The conversation and voice for ethical technologyMichael Baxter