Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics Emeritus and a former dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Senior Adviser to General Atlantic, and Chairman of the firm’s Global Growth Institute. He is Chair of the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute and serves on the Academic Committee at Luohan Academy. He is a former chair of the Commission on Growth and Development and the author of The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World (Macmillan Publishers, 2012).
发自米兰——环境、社会和公司治理(Environmental, Social & Governance,简称 ESG)考量正在商业中发挥着越来越突出的作用,如今也成为了各行各业公司(包括金融和资产管理在内)如何定义自身目的、使命和战略的核心,还日益塑造着招聘实践和监管活动。但这种对ESG的表面采纳能否带来真正的进步还有待观察。
对ESG的承诺源于一个重要的主张,那就是我们当前面临的各项关键挑战——从实现合理水平的公平和机会平等到确保环境可持续性——不可能由任何单一行为者来克服,甚至政府也不能。相反有效的解决方案需要所有人都参与进来,包括商界、政府、金融、教育、法院和非营利领域。
通过采纳ESG,企业实际上是同意承担起自己的那部分责任。它们承诺将自身目标——包括绩效衡量条件——与关乎可持续性、发展和社会福利的更广泛要求统一起来。但要实现这一点需要有效的激励措施,而创设这些措施却绝非易事。
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