Podcast #92 | Paul Washington: "The Roles of the Board in the Era of ESG and Stakeholder Capitalism."

In episode #92 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Paul Washington, the Executive Director of The Conference Board ESG Center, a nonprofit think tank addressing corporate governance, sustainability, and citizenship, since 2019. The Conference Board itself was founded in 1916 and has led the effort to ensure that a more prosperous, resilient world emerges from difficult times by providing Trusted Insights for What's Ahead.

In this podcast, they discuss some of the key insights from a The Conference Board recent publication entitled “The Roles of the Board in the Era of ESG and Stakeholder Capitalism.”

They also discuss other corporate governance topics, including:

👉 The SVB collapse and the ongoing financial crisis.
👉 The politicization of ESG and “anti-ESG” backlash.
👉 Pass-through voting by large asset managers.
👉 Geopolitics in the boardroom

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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