GLOBAL EDUCATION
How much work needs to be done globally to ensure businesses understand what constitutes a good ESG strategy ?
WRITTEN BY : BECCI KNOWLES
How can businesses use their position to extend educational opportunities into the communities in which they operate so that the cycle continues ? We speak to a leading academic and a Sustainability VP at a global packaging company to find out .
Dr Abby Efua Hilson is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at Kent Business School . Her research covers the accounting implications of the environmental and social impacts of various industries , including detailed projects on the oil , gas and mining industries in developing economies and work to support female gemstone miners in Africa .
Hilson makes it her mission to demonstrate to students that all businesses are consumers of the natural environment and that consumption should be captured in the very same way in which other values are noted and accounted for .
Hilson says that , while some see ESG as a critical component of overall corporate strategy , as a key to facilitating value creation long-term , others see it as little more than “ window dressing ”. She puts this down to a lack of consensus on the role and impact
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