ESG Insider is a new podcast from S&P Global that takes you inside the environmental, social & governance issues shaping the business world today. Each episode, co-hosts Lindsey White and Esther Whieldon will speak with experts and leverage S&P Global data to shine a light on the ESG opportunities and risks that business leaders and investors need to know about. Lindsey White is a financial news editor with S&P Global Market Intelligence. Esther Whieldon is a sustainability and climate news reporter, also with Market Intelligence.
Latest episodes
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14 min
How a non-profit is using technology to fight child labor in the cocoa industry
Child labor has been a longstanding scourge in the $100-billion cocoa industry for more than two decades. Despite efforts by U.S. Congressmen, African governments, the world’s bigg…
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27 min
New EU taxonomy helps investors, companies identify green investments
A proposed new European Union green classification system would help investors and companies identify and make environmentally friendly decisions and may evolve over time to includ…
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27 min
SEC's Peirce worries ESG movement could hinder corporate performance
The environmental, social and governance movement could weaken the performance of companies that have already done a lot of good for society, Commissioner Hester Peirce of the U.S.…
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19 min
Post ‘Me Too’ movement, gender pay equality efforts gain momentum
"The environment in which the debate is happening, it's not like it was 10 years ago. We're in the midst of a 'Me Too' movement, we're in the midst of a very, very public discussio…
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32 min
Investors and companies are facing off over these sustainability issues
Shareholders filed proposals on nearly 400 environmental, social and sustainability issues at U.S. companies through mid-February. The top topics were climate change, gender divers…
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14 min
The key ESG trends sustainability experts say will shape 2019
Progress on corporate disclosures. A looming talent shortage. Climate change mitigation. These are among the top trends that sustainability experts predict will shape the ESG lands…