ESG is a hot button issue for some, but executives see it as a risk mitigation and environmental stewardship question. Cut back all of the noise and fundamental questions remain on how climate change impacts will affect business and its relationship with local communities.

Few are more well-versed in these issues than Matthew Sekol (Microsoft) and Christine Uri (ESG for In-House Counsel). Chris was thrilled to be joined by both experts in this episode. It was a jam-packed hour where we discussed;
- How companies look at ESG and how that has changed over the last 5-10 years,
- Effects of greenwashing,
- Carbon offsets,
- The affects of AI on ESG,
and much more.

Also Matt and Christine had extensive resource ideas to share with our viewers.

Christine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineuri/recent-activity/all/

Matt:

ESG Insider from S&P Global's Sustainable1: Covers the latest news and interviews ESG and sustainability leaders

PwC Accounting Podcast: covers regulations, deconstructs ESG sectors, very useful

ESG Now from MSCI: Short, covers news and trends against their research

Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: This is an ESG podcast with a technology slant, but Smith doesn't know it

Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR): Get inspired by hearing from sustainability and climate change practitioners!

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For this episode Chris was joined by Department of Energy expert Kelly Crawford and Dr. Tony Reames (University of Michigan and formerly of DOE). Kelly and Tony are pretty much as good as it gets on energy justice topics, and their decades of experience and passion for the issues shine through in this episode.

We discuss new DOE programs, climate adaptation and mitigation, and energy disparities between EJ areas and non-EJ areas. I love speaking to each of them for their intellect on these topics but also just the sense of hope for being able to provide cleaner more efficient environments for those in need.

This was an incredibly fun and inspiring episode to tape, and as always, we learned quite a bit. We hope you will as well.

For this episode Chris was joined by Eugene McGrane (Executive Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield) and John Thomas (President, The Mount Group and the CDRA) to discuss building decarbonization and sustainability in the construction industry. We started there but the discussion took a turn and then focused on how to effectively complete major projects in complex regulatory settings. Between the two of them Eugene and John have about a zillion years of experience, and that comes through clearly as they each discuss what they have been seeing from their parts of the industry.

As always, I learned a lot from doing this episode, and I think you will too.