Podcast #60 | Marian Macindoe, New Head of ESG Stewardship at Parnassus Investments.

In episode #60 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Marian Macindoe, the new Head of ESG Stewardship at Parnassus Investments, an investment firm based in SF with over $45 billion in AUM.

Marian is responsible for oversight of the firm’s proxy voting, ESG engagements and stockholder proposal strategy. Prior to joining Parnassus in 2022, Marian was the Head of ESG Strategy and Engagement at Uber Technologies. She acted as the Director of Investment Stewardship at Charles Schwab and prior to that as an Analyst and Advisor for Chevron on ESG issues. Marian was also the first Director of ESG Research at Glass, Lewis & Company.

In this podcast, they talk about ESG and its evolution over the past decade or so. They also discuss ESG activism, Silicon Valley’s approach to ESG, the renewed criticisms and politicization of ESG, and the new proposed SEC climate disclosure regime.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/marian-macindoe (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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