ESG
Karen Alonardo , Vice President ESG Solutions at Navex Global , discusses the generational , cultural and financial roots of the results
Environment , Social and Governance ( ESG ) programmes are frameworks that businesses work towards , supporting the relevant issues that arise within these topics — for example , running diversity workshops , greenhouse gas ( GHG ) reduction , and anti-corruption .
NAVEX Global offers risk and compliance management software and services . The company helps customers manage risks , handle regulatory requirements , build ESG programmes and enhance their ethical workplace values , in addition to offering resources and courses to help employees understand the importance of ESG .
Recently , NAVEX Global carried out an Environmental , Social and Governance survey globally to discover the generational and regional differences in attitudes to ESG . Public and Private companies from across France , Germany , the United Kingdom and the United States were invited to participate , and over 1,250 management and senior-level executives responded to the survey .
Karen Alonardo is the vice president of ESG Solutions at NAVEX Global . Karen spoke with Sustainability to discuss the survey results , and although parts of the data were surprising , other aspects were not . Yet , all of the results point in the direction of positive ESG momentum . First , she discussed what ESG means to her . sustainabilitymag . com 35