Podcasts by ESG News and Views

Surviving a Near-Death Experience: Lessons on Resilience (Pt 2) from 2023-04-11T13:41

Geralyn Ritter knows about personal and organizational resilience. She was on Amtrak Train #188, which derailed outside Philadelphia in 2015 at 106 miles per hour. The crash ki...

Surviving a Near-Death Experience: Lessons on Resilience (Pt 1) from 2023-04-11T13:29

Geralyn Ritter knows about personal and organizational resilience. She was on Amtrak Train #188, which derailed outside Philadelphia in 2015 at 106 miles per hour. The crash ki...

What’s the Role of the Board and C-Suite in Addressing Health Equity? from 2023-02-24T13:46

The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on the level of health inequity in the US, where access to health care can depend on a person’s zip code, income, insurance, and contact...

How to ESG: Preparing for ESG Disclosures from 2022-11-10T20:29

The ESG reporting landscape is quickly evolving. Not only is it cluttered with an ever-growing number of rating agencies, initiatives to harmonize reporting frameworks and standards are underway...

Hurricane Ian: Lessons from Past Disasters and Preparing for a New Era of Disaster Response from 2022-10-07T12:46

Natural disasters are increasing in both frequency and intensity. Yet, only 22 percent of corporate citizenship executives say their number one priority is preparedness – taking action to mitiga...

What does the C-suite Actually Think of Their Boards? A Conversation on Board Effectiveness from 2022-05-23T13:35:30

Only 29 percent of C-suite executives rate their board’s effectiveness as good or excellent.  And 74 percent of executives say two or more of their directors should be replaced. That’s despite the ...

What the New Landmark #MeToo Law Means for the Future of Business and Employees from 2022-03-30T20:46:11

Join Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) and Gretchen Carlson, the woman whose lawsuit helped ignite the #MeToo move...

Director-Shareholder Engagement: Practical Advice for Constructive Conversations from 2022-03-28T19:59:34

Traditionally, corporate board members played a limited – and only occasional – role in discussions with investors. But now investors expect to hear from independent directors on the board’s ove...

C-Suite Outlook 2022: Which ESG Issues Do Leaders Care About from 2022-02-24T02:11:08

For the year ahead, what are the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities of business leaders around the world? This year’s annual survey of the C-suite provides fascinating ESG in...

Corporate Political Activity: Opportunity Amid Scrutiny with Adie Olson, Jason Abel, and Bruce Freed from 2022-02-16T11:00:05

Many have viewed corporate political activity with skepticism, if not suspicion.  In 2021, companies faced a combination of surprises and scrutiny that made their political activity exponentiall...

Companies’ Impact on Economic Opportunity&Fairness – a conversation with Martin Whittaker from 2021-10-27T19:04:24

While there is a lot of focus today on companies’ role in addressing environmental and social issues, less attention is being paid to companies’ role in with respect to traditional economic chal...

Infusing Community Needs into Products and Services: Lessons from Prudential from 2021-09-24T14:50:01

Prudential has been a pillar in the city of Newark for more than 140 years. Established in 1875, it provides financial wellness services to retail and institutional customers throughout the Unit...

Human Capital Disclosure: Early Trends and a Case Study of Success from 2021-09-21T16:48:51

The SEC’s upcoming disclosure rules on human capital management (HCM) is – or should be – a top of mind issue in Corporate America. As companies prepare for those rules, it’s helpful to look at ...

Corning’s Approach to Social Issues: A Story of Innovation and Passion from 2021-07-28T17:13:10

Innovation doesn’t only result in product and service inventions. It can also transform a company’s impact on society. For nearly 170 years, Corning Incorporated has been a leading innovator in ...

Impact Investing and its Impact on You from 2021-05-11T12:45:36

ESG investing has been around for decades, but it has gained considerable momentum in recent years.

In this podcast, Paul Washington, Executive Director of the ESG Center, speaks with Har...

Corporate Citizenship in Action: Helping Small Businesses Survive and Thrive from 2021-02-18T14:00

Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader of Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy at the ESG Center, interviews Jenny Flores, Head of Small Business Growth Philanthropy at Wells Fargo, and Elizabeth Gore, ...

The Future of Corporate Governance from 2021-02-04T20:38:55

John Wilcox, Chairman Emeritus at Morrow Sodali, is one of the most recognized and respected figures in corporate governance in the world.  In his book, Listen

A New Way at Looking at Risk: From the Pandemic to Cybersecurity and Beyond from 2021-01-12T16:00

BBob Zukis will change the way you view the world we live in: it’s one comprising a set of complex systems, from finance and health care, to communications and the environment. Sometimes the fai...

Supporting Veteran-owned businesses, employees, and communities – are corporations doing enough to help? from 2020-11-18T15:19:06

Paul Washington, Executive Director of the ESG Center at The Conference Board, interviews Ben Biles, CEO and Co-founder, American Veterans Group, and Jeff Cathey, Senior Military Affairs Executi...

Corporate Citizenship in the Global South during COVID-19: Part 4 – The Middle East from 2020-08-11T10:00

In this 4-part series of ESG News & Views, Corporate Citizenship in the Global South During COVID-19, Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader of Corporate Citizenship & Philanth...

Corporate Citizenship in the Global South during COVID-19: Part 3 – India from 2020-07-16T10:00

In this 4-part series of ESG News & Views, Corporate Citizenship in the Global South During COVID-19, Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader of Corporate Citizenship & Philanth...

Corporate Citizenship in the Global South during COVID-19: Part 2 – Latin America from 2020-07-09T12:42:38

COVID-19 hit China first, then traveled to Europe, followed by the United States. Emerging markets, particularly in the Global South, are now at the epicenter of the pandemic, with daily infecti...

Corporate Citizenship in the Global South during COVID-19: Part 1 – Africa from 2020-06-18T06:00

COVID-19 hit China first, then traveled to Europe, followed by the United States. Emerging markets, particularly in the Global South, are now at the epicenter of the pandemic, with daily infecti...

Tackling Climate Change – Can Investors and Philanthropists Work Together? from 2020-05-01T06:00

From Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock to the Gates Foundation, leaders from the investment and philanthropic worlds are making public and bold statements about climate change. Paul Wash...

How can corporations best support non-profits during COVID-19? from 2020-03-31T15:08:58

COVID-19 is creating an evolving situation with varied impacts around the world. For the nonprofit sector, which relies heavily on financial support from fundraising events and other public prog...

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire’ with Rebecca Henderson from 2020-03-11T06:00

Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School Professor and author discusses her new book, ‘Reimaging Capitalism in a World on Fire,’ which explores why we need to, and how we can, build a more pro...

A Focus on Climate Change: From BlackRock’s Letter to CEOs to the Davos Manifesto from 2020-02-20T14:14:06

Dottie Schindlinger from the Diligent Institute interviews with Paul Washington, Executive Director of the Environmental, Social & Governance Center at The Conference Board, about climate change...

Coronavirus Outbreak: The CSR Response from 2020-02-18T16:14:08

There are over 40,000 cases of coronavirus, concentrated in China, but the outbreak is now reaching over two dozen countries across the globe. A health crisis like this demands a government resp...

If corporations are sociopaths, what do we do about it? from 2020-01-15T07:00

The second of two interviews with former NY law partner Jamie Gamble, who has written that corporations “are legally obligated to act like sociopaths” -- that is, in the narrow economic interest...

Are corporations sociopaths? A conversation with Jamie Gamble from 2020-01-08T07:00

From The Conference Board ESG Center, this is the first of two interviews with Jamie Gamble on his essay, “The Most Important Problem in the World.”  Gamble traces major global challenges from c...

Western Union Foundation: Opportunity Beyond Borders from 2019-09-23T18:27:22

ESG News and Views, from The Conference Board’s ESG Center, provides compelling in-depth interviews with ESG influencers, and timely updates on hot button environmental, social, and gov...