Joyce Cacho: "ESG Provides An Opportunity To Do Some Hard Work."

0:00 -- Intro.

1:10 -- About new podcast sponsor American College of Governance Counsel.

2:28 -- Start of interview.

3:17 -- Joyce's "origin story" 

5:22 -- Joyce's academic focus and executive career before joining boards of directors.

8:12 -- On her board journey. "It began with non-profit board work." On serving in different types of boards. "They all offered an opportunity to collaborate with board colleagues, very smart people - learning from them, with a clear focus on growth of the institutions through innovation and being intentional about them."

11:15 -- On the state of agtech. 

13:54 -- Her experience serving on the board of Sunrise Banks, and more generally on the board of a Certified B Corporation.

19:54 -- On the ESG and DEI backlash. "Politics is part of the system in which corporations operate."

25:51 -- Her take on the current state of board diversity.

33:43 -- Opportunities in Africa. 

39:19 -- On the current geopolitical landscape, particularly with the U.S. decoupling/de-risking from China. Impact on global supply chains. "Near shoring, and on-shoring are critical (instead of investing in long supply chains)."

45:33 -- How should corporate directors approach AI technologies.

50:08 -- Book that has greatly influenced her life: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937)

51:38 -- Her mentors, and what she learned from them: her mother, dad and Robert "Bob" Bucklin (her former boss at Rabobank International).

53:45 -- Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by: "There is no failure, only lessons."

54:40 -- An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves: white water rafting and classical music.

Joyce Cacho is an experienced executive and director, and currently serves as Board Chair of Sistema.bio.

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