Prof. Ioannis Ioannou, London Business School, on ESG and the Culture Wars

Is the criticism of ESG well-founded or political posturing? Listen
to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Ioannis Ioannou, London
Business School, about what is at stake in the backlash to ESG, how
to think about the factors driving its politicisation, and why we
need to work harder towards finding ways to turn down the heat in
this increasingly partisan debate. Prof. Ioannis Ioannou Ioannis
Ioannou is a professor at London Business School, and strategy
scholar whose research focuses on Sustainability and Corporate
Social Responsibility. He consults on and researches how
environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategies are
adopted, embedded and successfully implemented by organizations
globally. His work has been published in top academic journals,
including the Strategic Management Journal, Organization
Science and the Journal of International Business
Studies. He is the co-Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Panel of
Merck KGaA and a member of the ESG Advisory Board of the DWS Group.
Ioannis also recently served on the Stakeholder Working Group of
the UK Treasury's Asset Management Taskforce.