EP692: Ignore the backlash, just don’t ignore ESG!

Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director, Diligent Institute

There has been a politicised backlash against ESG but companies are not putting ESG initiatives on the backburner. Instead, they are just not talking about it as much! And that’s not necessarily a bad thing as legislation is being put in place, including the likes of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and an anti-greenwashing rule that applies to all UK FCA-authorised firms who make sustainability-related claims about their products and services. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of Diligent Institute