Although #ESG is important for steering society away from impending crises, the world needs entrepreneurs, businesses and investors to go further in embracing impact.
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ESG efforts are ultimately driven by the “business case” and not by impact maximisation as an end goal. This is why #ESG and impact are not the same thing.
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Sometimes it is worth taking a break from everyday matters and debates, and focusing instead on the basics of human existence and our relationship with the world ...
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Proponents of impact investing love pointing to a record of attractive financial returns for investors while seemingly doing good. But that is perhaps not the full story.
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In his faculty seminar, Professor Jasjit Singh @sjasjit noted that those with nine-to-five jobs work an average of 80,000 hours in their lives. He discussed the importance of pursuing impactful careers that provide meaningful contributions to the world through one's work. #impact
Grade XII graduation (UWC Singapore) for my younger son Basant a few weeks ago: ready for greater challenges at Princeton starting August. Congrats and good luck to him! 🥳❤️🤗
“It’s not 1.5 or nothing. We have to do the best that we can.” Professor @sjasjit delivering his keynote address “Why Impact entrepreneurs matter in a world of ESG” at the @INSEAD Impact Entrepreneurship Reunion as part of the 2023 edition of @ChangeNOW_world.
Learn how @INSEAD renewed the MBA curriculum to address climate change & integrate sustainability:
📆 17 June: special breakout session at the @INSEAD_HGIBS Business & Society Summit
👥 Prof. @sjasjit, #INSEADAlumni Athira Rajiv MBA’23J & Attila Cselotei
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@aDottore@IBiande@rogan_m Most plausible explanation is that the pattern is indeed driven by different stereotypes of how men versus women should be approaching their work life
I am so so sorry to hear that the brilliant Herman Daly - founding father of ecological economics - has died. His paradigm-changing work flipped my little econ head inside out & inspired me to write a book on rewriting economics… Here are just some of his big ideas 1/n.
Most people STILL have absolutely no idea what's already here, and what's coming very soon, with climate breakdown. A small number of people have been trying so hard to let everyone know and we are mainly ignored and ridiculed.