Balancing Environmental, Social, and Governance Goals
What Banks and Companies can do on ESG and Sustainability
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This book serves as a guide of “what” is included in Environmental, Social and Governance goals. It also, and equally importantly, covers “why” certain goals are included in ESG. ¬The book explains why each of the main ESG goals is needed and demonstrates that there would be an impact from the actions to be taken to implement the selected ESG goals. Moreover, and in addition to showing what ESG actions are needed, and why they are needed, this book will cover “how” banks and companies worldwide can pursue and implement ESG goals and programs. Finally, the book will provide detailed guidelines of the ESG information that needs to be reported.
This book will help professionals in banks and companies to set ESG objectives, pursue them, implement them, and keep developing them. Moreover, it can serve as the academic book for a course on Environmental, Social and Governance goals because it covers the main elements of ESG in a scientific, methodical way.
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About the Book
Walid R. Alameddin, a trusted adviser to global banks and companies, highlights the main elements of environmental, social, and governance goals in this book geared for organizations that want to make sustainability a priority.
He argues for a comprehensive balanced approach when setting these goals to include components from each ESG pillar. Topics include reducing greenhouse emissions, changing the energy mix to achieve net zero by 2050, and addressing water scarcity, air pollution, plastics waste, and the circular economy.
Social goals covered include gender equality, financial inclusion, education, health, and consumer protection. Governance goals include board composition and organization, risk management, digital security, proper reporting and disclosure, and independent assurance and verification.
The author also highlights ESG considerations increasingly demanded by investors and other stakeholders, including clients, employees, suppliers, and regulators.
While the book focuses on banks and companies in emerging countries, the principles serve as an ESG guide to banks and companies everywhere.
About the Author
Walid R. Alameddin has spent more than thirty years in international corporate banking, risk management, and banking regulation. He worked with Citibank in New York, Toronto, London, Athens, Istanbul, and several countries in the Middle East. He has spent the last ten years in global consulting advising banks and governments for the Washington-based Promontory Group. He now leads the Amdeya Group, which advises global banks and companies on environmental, social and governance; performance management, and regulatory compliance.