A real and important conversation about ESG

What is ESG, really? Is it good for the world? How does EU regulation change things? Is ESG an ethical construct? This is the conversation that first challenge complacent notions of ESG and set the ball rolling on a more sophisticated debate about the role and duty of corporates and investors in non-financial considerations. Recorded in May 2020.
Cyril Demaria is a leading thinker on investment practices. He is currently Head of Private Markets Strategy at Julius Bär, and he lectures at top academic institutions, including EDHEC where he is an Affiliate Professor. He is author of the best-selling "Introduction to Private Equity" (Wiley, 3rd ed.) and "Asset Allocation and Private Markets" (Wiley).
Ross Butler is an adviser to leading investment and advisory firms on communications, marketing and ethics. He is host of the Fund Shack podcast. fund-shack.com/

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Thoughts on "transitional investing" at Blackrock? Apparently that's the game now?
Also, great interview. Its nice to hear people talking about where ESG originated with the push for sustainable growth and corporate responsibility, and without the speculation, or the filling in of unknowns with absolutist philosophical nonsense.