The benefits of solid ESG programs

Cheryl D’Cruz-Young – Let’s Talk

How do ESG and talent align?

Simply put, an ESG program provides you with a North Star and a very simple way of aligning business strategy with the important aspects of good business.

So, if we look at the E from an environmental impact, the S from a social impact, and the governance that pulls us all together,

ESG support every aspect of the organization.

An ESG program that's cohesive and aligned with business strategy provides you with a North Star that supports every aspect of the organization.

An ESG program provides tangible metrics that investors can see, customers can align with, talent can be attracted to.

So, ESG programs provide tangible metrics that investors can see and evaluate, that customers can align with, and that talent can be attracted to. So, some of the wonderful, unintended benefits of driving forward with a really cohesive, purposeful, sustainability and ESG program has been companies become magnets for talent.

Companies driving towards ESG value gender diversity, ethnic diversity, LGBTQ+ diversity.

I've seen this play out in a beautiful way where there are organizations who value and they're very forward about it, they value gender diversity. They value ethnic diversity. They value LGBTQ+ diversity. All aspects, disability as well. They put it forefront such that I as a Brown woman have an interest in that company because they see me.