"The social license to operate is fundamental today."
"PwC did an analysis on sustainability that showed a correlation between the number of women on boards and their progress on ESG."
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are an increasingly popular way for investors to evaluate companies in which they might want to invest.
Environmental: consider how a company performs as a steward of nature.
Social: examinehow it manages employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates.
Governance: deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights.
What is ESG?