ESG Integration is the BRAIN of Sustainable Development

ESG Integration is the BRAIN of Sustainable Development

In 1987, the?World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world twenty years ago to the urgency of making progress toward economic development?that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment.

Sustainable development?– defined by the Brundtland Commission as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

But, "how"???Ten years later, the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg led to more governmental commitments and helped extend the concept’s reach into the areas of business, local government, and civil society.

“Sustainable development is a bridge concept connecting economics, ecology, and ethics,”?says Desai, who was the Deputy Secretary-General for the 1992 Rio Summit, the Secretary-General of the 2002 Johannesburg Summit, and an Under-Secretary-General at UN Headquarters from 1993 to 2003. “The challenge is to connect and integrate various sectoral policies, such as agriculture, energy, trade or investment,” he says. “To get real action, the ownership of the concept of sustainable development must extend to all sectoral agencies and – most importantly – to key private-sector stakeholders.”

In 2004, Kofi Annan (secretary of the United Nations) asked major financial institutions to collaborate with the United Nations and the International Finance Corporation in identifying ways to?integrate environmental, social, and governance concerns into capital markets. As a result, "ESG" was coiled by James Gifford?for?"ESG Integration",?not about sustainable development or environmental/CSR??projects.?

ESG integration is the "thinking process" that takes into consideration of environmental and economic factors inside the organization and outside the organization - it's the brain of "sustainable development". The goal of ESG integration is to "reconcile the economic activities and the environmental protection".??

Let's get all the details and the full picture from the workshop?"?????????????°:???????????????????????????????"?organized by Wawasan Open University.??Here is the info:

Date: 10 & 11 May 2023 (2 days)

Time: 9.00 am - 5.00 pm

Venue: Bangunan Wawasan (7, Gat Lebuh China, Taman Dhoby Ghaut, 10300 George Town, Pulau Pinang)

Early Bird Discount for registration before 1st May 2023!

Limited Seat! Register now to secure your seat in the course!

Register via Google Form:?shorturl.at/otQSX

Contact us for more details: [email protected] / [email protected]?

The overall empirical evidence conducted by academic researchers, metal studies, and rating agencies (such as MorningStar, MSCI, etc.), etc. has shown that companies that shared the same thinking process sailed through financial crises strongly.??Learn and put on the brain of sustainable development "ESG Integration", be a strong company to sail through any financial crisis

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