Core Insight Podcast : Can AI save ESG?

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards have become important to all businesses, especially as, according to the CBI, two-thirds of investors take ESG factors into account when investing in a company. Yet accusations of greenwashing are plaguing the ESG movement, with some companies have cottoned on and manipulating their ESG statistics to attract investors. Can their numbers be trusted? Who are the true ESG companies that are taking their societal responsibilities seriously and transparently and not just gaming their numbers? Trust is hard to find, but perhaps AI can help sort this out. Join host Natasha de Teran as she questions Isabel Fischer, of the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, and ESG analytics firm Rho Impact co-founders Seth Sheldon and Noah Miller.

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Read more on the subject:
Five steps for companies to deliver the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/five-steps-for-companies-to-deliver-the-uns-sustainable-development-goals/

Three steps to devising social value measures for investors: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/three-steps-to-devising-social-value-measures-for-investors/

Rho AI Case Study: Leveraging artificial intelligence to address climate change: Financing, implementation and ethics:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2043886920961782

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