Fail to prepare for climate and supply chain risks? Then prepare to fail

Deep Dive into corporate governance

2020 has highlighted no shortage of pitfalls from an ESG perspective. Covid-19 has forced firms to reassess fundamental aspects of how they do business.

With this comes a degree of challenge, as well as an opportunity to rebalance best practice to ensure positive ESG outcomes for the long term.  Within the ESG space there has undoubtedly been a material shift of focus towards the 'S' - namely, how businesses account for both the social wellbeing of their employees and of wider society. The common links between the component aspects of ESG have never been so apparent - the social wellbeing of employees and the community is now, in practice, a governance concern, and vital in ensuring firms are resilient and well-prepared for the ongoin...