ESG Insights: A podcast from ESG Partners

In this episode of  ESG Insights , we sit down with  Shannon Miedema , Member of Parliament for Halifax and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, to explore the evolving intersection of sustainability, economic growth, and public policy in Canada.   Drawing on her experience in both municipal and federal government, Shannon shares perspectives...

Welcome back to ESG Insights! We're glad to be back with you after our hiatus to explore more of the critical environmental, social, and governance issues that are impacting business and the world around us. Today's topic: the release of Canada's first sustainability standards, and what they mean for Canadian businesses. The Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (or CSDS for short), release...

There is a growing awareness around the critical need for companies to adopt sustainable business practices, and ESG has been gaining momentum as a way to connect financial performance with social and environmental outcomes. Future-focused organizations are moving beyond incremental change, to strategic and operational shifts that can be measured, tracked and communicated.  In this episode of ESG...

Daily headlines remind us of the disruption in global supply chains all over the world, impacting virtually every industry and each one of us in some way. Businesses are responding with innovative solutions to address these challenges. In this episode of ESG Insights, I am joined by Cassandra Dorrington, President & CEO of the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC). CAMSC helps...

Venture capital is a vital part of the financial ecosystem and a significant engine for job creation and innovation. It is extremely influential in how we will all live in the future, plays a critical role by supporting the next generation of business leaders and companies, and it funds innovation to advance technological solutions that may help solve some of society's greatest challenges. While E...

COP26 assembled our global leaders in Glasgow to tackle the climate crisis. On Saturday, November 6, nature and sustainable land use take center-stage as critical components in our global action toward climate change. Research in 2020 by the World Economic Forum found that US$44 trillion of economic value – more than half of the world's total GDP – is dependent on nature and the services it provid...

ESG Insights is a podcast from ESG Partners that explores the environmental, social and governance issues shaping business and the world around us. In each episode, host Nancy Foran, President and Founder of ESG Partners, will engage with business leaders and knowledge experts to examine the challenges, risks and opportunities impacting organizational priorities and value creation. For more inform...