What should we all be doing with ESG?

10/11/23 • 20 min

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) are hot risk factors for organisations of all sizes, but with these issues being so broad, where do you begin? Kerris Earle, Training and Development Manager at Zing 365 has been helping large insurers, brokers and others get to grips with ESG. Kerris joins us to deliver a fascinating series of recordings designed to cover the thing everyone is asking... what should we be doing with ESG?

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For part 2 of a series of podcasts, RiskSTOP Group’s Johnny Thomson talks to Kerris Earle from Zing365 about the E in ESG... the Environment. Political, topical, and packed with information... you really won’t want to miss this one!
Please note, this episode was recorded towards the end of 2023, a few weeks after the UN Climate Change Conference.

RiskACUMEN - What should we all be doing with ESG?

Transcript

Johnny Thomson 00:01
Environmental, social, and governance are three big risk topics to cover, so where should we begin? Hello, everyone, and welcome to the RiskACUMEN podcast, which offers thoughtful insight around risk management. Now, intergenerational and social fairness are very much at the forefront of the minds of both policymakers and the wider public and this is making Environmental, Social, and Governance, or ESG, hot risk factors for organisations of all sizes. But with these iss