Track C: Key Trends in Governance
Session 1C: The State of ESG: Regulation, Implementation, and Trends
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) principles have become mainstream expectations but what ESG means can vary in importance across different sectors. A rapid acceleration of ESG prominence in past years has shifted the baseline in terms of expectations from investors, creditors, consumers, government, employees, Indigenous rightsholders, environmental and other stakeholders.
As a tool, ESG is used to assess an organization’s behaviour and evaluate its performance based on risks and opportunities. This expert panel will provide an overview of the changing landscape in ESG amidst global and domestic risks, including a discussion on evolving corporate law and regulation, international trends, and potential blind spots in the ESG lens that governance professionals may want to ensure are priorities for their organization.
Speaker: Christie Stephenson, Executive Director, Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics; Dr. Carol Liao, Associate Professor and UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia; Shona McGlashan, McGlashan Consulting Inc. (GPC Governance Professional of the Year); Geordie Hungerford, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Financial Management Board