How can corporations best support non-profits during COVID-19? COVID-19 is creating an evolving situation with varied impacts around the world. For the nonprofit sector, which relies heavily on financial support from fundraising events and other public programs, the disruption from physical distancing has created a new set of challenges. In addition to the government response, what role should businesses and corporate foundations play during this crisis to support charitable organizations and communities most in need? Lindsay Beltzer, Program Manager of The Conference Board’s ESG Center, chats with leaders in corporate citizenship, philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership on how businesses and nonprofits are coming together and evolving their partnership models in the face of the pandemic.  To learn more about this episode’s guest, Dan Cardinali and the work of The Independent Sector, please visit https://independentsector.org/.

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How can corporations best support non-profits during COVID-19?

Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School Professor and author discusses her new book, ‘Reimaging Capitalism in a World on Fire,’ which explores why we need to, and how we can, build a more profitable, equitable, and sustainable capitalism. In conversation with Paul Washington, head of The Conference Board’s ESG Center, this interview addresses the role of the private sector in tackling some of the biggest environmental, economic, and social issues of our time.

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire’ with Rebecca Henderson

Dottie Schindlinger from the Diligent Institute interviews with Paul Washington, Executive Director of the Environmental, Social & Governance Center at The Conference Board, about climate change, where it ranks as a priority for CEOs and Directors, and the potential impact of Larry Fink’s letter to CEOs and the Davos Manifesto on corporate disclosures and practices.

A Focus on Climate Change: From BlackRock’s Letter to CEOs to the Davos Manifesto

There are over 40,000 cases of coronavirus, concentrated in China, but the outbreak is now reaching over two dozen countries across the globe. A health crisis like this demands a government response, but what is the corporate response? Paul Washington, head of The Conference Board’s Environmental, Social and Governance Center, chats with a team of experts on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders worldwide are marshalling resources to respond to this health crisis.  Among the issues this podcast covers: How are global CSR leaders responding to the coronavirus outbreak? What are key lessons learned from previous outbreaks, such as SARS and Ebola? How does the CSR response to a global health crisis differ from natural disasters? What can companies do now to prepare for the next potential outbreak? Host Paul Washington, Executive Director, Environmental, Social and Governance Center, The Conference Board Participants Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy, Environmental, Social and Governance Center, The Conference Board Anke Schrader, Senior Researcher, Asia Pacific, The Conference Board Chuck Mitchell, Executive Director, Knowledge Content & Quality, The Conference

Coronavirus Outbreak: The CSR Response

The second of two interviews with former NY law partner Jamie Gamble, who has written that corporations “are legally obligated to act like sociopaths” -- that is, in the narrow economic interest of stockholders.  In this interview Jamie discusses his proposed changes to the law to make it easier for corporations to act in the best interests of society at large.

If Corporations are Sociopaths, What do we do about it?

From The Conference Board’s ESG Center, this is the first of two interviews with Jamie Gamble on his essay, “The Most Important Problem in the World.”  Gamble traces major global challenges from climate change to economic inequality to corporations who, Gamble asserts, “are legally obligated to act like sociopaths.”  A provocative statement from a former partner of a major New York law firm. This interview addresses whether corporations are obligated to act as sociopaths.  The second interview focuses on Jamie’s views on how to make it easier for corporations to act in the best interest of society at large.

Are Corporations Sociopaths? A Conversation with Jamie Gamble.

ESG News and Views, from The Conference Board’s ESG Center, provides compelling in-depth interviews with ESG influencers, and timely updates on hot button environmental, social, and governance topics. In this first episode, Alex Parkinson is joined by Elizabeth Roscoe, Global Head, Corporate Brand & Purpose and Executive Director, Western Union Foundation, to discuss the foundation’s new goal to invest $15 million within three years, with a focus on empowering displaced and marginalized youth to succeed in today’s technology driven global economy.

Western Union Foundation: Opportunity Beyond Borders

ESG News and Views, from The Conference Board ESG Center, provides compelling in-depth interviews with ESG thought leaders, and timely updates on hot button topics in corporate governance, sustainability, citizenship and philanthropy.

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