ESG is the sharp end of stakeholder/responsible capitalism, as metrics, although limited does drive performance. The imperative of quantification, the technology of global governance called indicators works well for carbon as instrumentation sensors and software do the trick. For social metrics, quantification is partial at best. The social indicators operationalize with dignity in the everyday, and ESG is about risk abatement for the investor community as the money makers coined it.
There is always the story behind the data, and real resilience is when professionals think with culture and the entanglements between the various indicators, which amplify/accentuate/attenuate the metrics regard risk.
ESG data looks below the bonnet of a car called the enterprise. But the mechanics of why the firm is not zooming on the growth highway, is in the story.
What is your ESG Story? Think about your social metrics to begin with.
Change Thinker 