How can Business be a Force for a Positive Impact?

 

The intention with this talk is to provide a summary/update on the valuable work being done with ESG. Knowing that the Healing Fields audience tend to oppose capitalism and all that the Corporate world is all about, the aim is to bring light into this often labelled 'dark world'. (none of this will form part of the talk, of course)

 

The talk will go into Explaining how the UN's SDGs and EU's European Green Deal developments are paving the way for Business to shift their purpose. From purely focusing on short-term profitability and increasing immediate shareholder value to long-term value and sustainibility focusing also on earth care, people care and fair share.

 

We will walk the audience through the chain reaction required from investors to implementation of business stratgies and why the UN's and EU's (amongst others) work being done with non-financial reporting and the EU taxonomy are essential.

 

All this will be fortified with examples of corporate sustainability leaders such as Unilever, Patagonia, Natura & io8Co and IKEA. Also possibility of mentioning Thrive and other local cases, such as Trident Park Malta, Go's drive investing in green technologies, APS Bank offering preferred green savings...

 

Hopefully this will sow the seed of positive views of the Corporate World concerning ESG and maybe have some become ESG Champions at their workplace.