Aspen ESG Summit

July 11th—13th, 2023 | Aspen Meadows Campus, Aspen, CO

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News & Thought Leadership

Business and Markets

Playing Offense: Sabastian Niles at Wachtell Lipton on the Risks of Taking Your Eye Off the ESG Ball

Judy Samuelson spoke with Sabastian Niles, Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to discuss how executives and board members should tackle ESG risks.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

2 days ago
Business and Markets

What is ESG and Why Does It Matter?

At the inaugural ESG Summit, the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program sat down with leading sustainability professionals to get their take on the importance of ESG in business strategy.

BY Business and Society Program

Video

01.09.2023
Business and Markets

Innovation in Governance: Prudential’s SVP Lata Reddy on How the Company Ensures Deliberate and Purposeful Engagement of Employee Voices

Judy Samuelson spoke with Lata Reddy, Senior Vice President, Inclusive Solutions at Prudential, to discuss their core DEI efforts.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

10.31.2022
Business and Markets

The Case for Bringing Bold Imagination to ESG

Judy Samuelson spoke with Dave Young, Managing Director & Senior Partner at BCG Henderson Institute, about why we need bold imagination in business.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

09.27.2022
Business and Markets

The Journey to Becoming a Regenerative Business with Sam’s Club CEO Kath McLay

Judy Samuelson spoke with Kath McLay, CEO of Sam's Club, about becoming a regenerative business.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

08.26.2022
Business and Markets

Interview with Sam's Club CEO Kath McLay

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Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm EST

A livestreamed conversation between Sam’s Club CEO, Kath McLay, and the Aspen Institute’s Judy Samuelson on what it takes to lead and build a thriving organization in the midst of unprecedented disruption.
Business and Markets

CEOs on Igniting Innovation and Sustaining Change

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Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EST

A livestreamed conversation between Steve Rendle, CEO of VF Corporation and John Hayes, Chairman and immediate past CEO of Ball Corporation, moderated by Ellen McGirt, Senior Editor & Columnist at Fortune.
Business and Markets

ESG: Not Woke Capitalism or Greenwashing

ESG is an imperfect, ever-evolving effort to assess the risk companies face if they fall short in the race to contain the Earth’s temperature rise and make capitalism work for more people. .

BY Judy Samuelson

Blog Post

06.30.2022
Business and Markets

Embracing the “S” in ESG with Johnson & Johnson’s Social Impact Leader

Judy Samuelson spoke with Lauren Moore, Vice President of Global Community Impact at Johnson & Johnson, to see how Johnson & Johnson tackles sustainability and social responsibility as part of its ESG agenda. .

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

06.30.2022
Business and Markets

Meet the Hedge Fund Executive Who Sees the Corporate Debt Market as an Untapped Resource for Fighting Climate Change

Judy Samuelson spoke with Sheru Chowdhry to learn more about the pioneering strategies he and his team are pursuing to reduce the carbon footprint of corporate debtors—and why he hopes others will follow his lead.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

05.25.2022
Business and Markets

Trust in Business and the Role of ESG

When it comes to addressing societal and sustainability issues, companies risk doing too little—not too much.

BY Business and Society Program

Blog Post

04.25.2022
Business leaders cannot restore trust without reprioritizing what matters

This article originally appeared on February 14, 2022. Read full article on LinkedIn by Judy Samuelson.
The ESG investing conundrum: Finding meaning behind the metrics

This article originally appeared on August 2, 2021. Read full article on LinkedIn by Judy Samuelson.