In Conversation: Rodney Irwin, WBCSD, and Lauren Rogge, EY

In Conversation: Rodney Irwin, Managing Director, redefining value and education at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and Lauren Rogge, Senior Manager, climate change and sustainability services at EY, speak to OMFIF’s Chief Economist and Head of Research Danae Kyriakopoulou about sustainability and corporate risk management. They discuss the work of the incentives for businesses to care about sustainability and the risks they face if they don’t, and focus on the importance of regulators as players in ensuring that businesses have the right incentives to address their sustainability agendas. They also discuss the role of investors, focusing on the tools needed to enable them to assess companies’ sustainability records when choosing whether to invest in them.

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