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Coffee and Regs

Mythbusting ESG & FAQs Part 2

Mythbusting ESG & FAQs Part 2

 
In this second episode of a special two-part series on ESG, CSS’s Regulatory Content Manager, Greg Hotaling and ESG Specialist, Marye Cherry demystify the complicated world of ESG including the latest regulatory developments, the complexity of ESG data, and what ESG actually means for investment managers.
 

About Our Guest Speakers:


 
Marye Cherry is the EU Regulatory Counsel and Head of ESG at Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS). With more than 10 years of legal and compliance experience, Marye specializes in transparency and regulatory reporting issues in the financial services industry, including sensitive industries and ESG. At CSS, Marye focuses on European financial regulations that affect fund managers’ operations worldwide and helps translate those requirements into automated reporting solutions.
 

 

 
Greg Hotaling is a Regulatory Content Manager at CSS, addressing global regulatory matters relevant to the financial industry. Since its inception, Greg has led the regulatory research and content team for CSS’s global Investment Monitoring platform that facilitates compliance with shareholder disclosure and position limit rules around the world
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The ESG Report

An ESG Framework with Stephen Martin


 
Tom Fox is pleased to welcome Stephen Martin, Partner at StoneTurn, to this week’s episode of the ESG Report. Stephen, an expert in ESG CSR, helps clients proactively improve their ESG programs so they can be better corporate citizens. He and Tom discuss the ESG framework he developed with his team, why mission and governance matter, and the exciting future of ESG.
 

 
Mission and Governance at the Core
Stephen believes that compliance professionals have the right skillset to help organizations understand their wider responsibility. It’s more than just making money, he emphasizes; it’s about making a positive impact on the communities you serve. Compliance officers can help companies make strategic moves to accomplish this goal. Stephen tells Tom that mission and governance are critical. Your mission – what your company is designed to do – would inform how you build out your ESG program and who you select to oversee it. Governance means that you assign the right people and resources to accomplish your objectives. “Until you define your mission and appropriately resource it,” Stephen points out, “you’re never really going to be effective in moving forward on an ESG program front.” 
 
5 Elements of ESG Framework
Tom asks Stephen to outline the elements of the ESG framework he developed with his team. Stephen responds that the elements are:

  1. Risk and materiality assessment – what risks and material impact does your ESG initiative pose to the company and stakeholders?
  2. Policies, procedures, and controls – set these to streamline your processes to accomplish your goals.
  3. Reporting and communication – to educate internal and external stakeholders on why this is important and what your mission is and how you’re going to execute on it.
  4. Verification and monitoring – ensuring the data you put out is accurate and that you’re delivering on your mission.
  5. Response and enhancement – making refinements over time to improve the program.

 

 
The Future of ESG
Stephen has seen compliance evolve into the robust infrastructure it is today. Tom asks him what he envisions as the future of ESG. “We’re very much at the early stages of ESG and CSR,” Stephen replies, “but I’m very excited because this is going to be a game-changer on having corporations do more than just make money… You want to have strong economics, you want to have capitalism-driving things. But I think you really can be an organization that cares about the broader areas than just money; and more importantly, the companies that do it the right way, that really embrace this, can really maximize the performance of the entity in all ways.”
 
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Stephen Martin on LinkedIn | Email
StoneTurn.com
 

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Coffee and Regs

Mythbusting ESG & FAQs Part 1

Mythbusting ESG & FAQs Part 1

 
In this episode of a special two-part series on ESG, CSS’s Regulatory Content Manager, Greg Hotaling and ESG Specialist, Marye Cherry demystify the complicated world of ESG including the latest regulatory developments, the complexity of ESG data, and what ESG actually means for investment managers.
 

About Our Guest Speakers:


 
Marye Cherry is the EU Regulatory Counsel and Head of ESG at Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS). With more than 10 years of legal and compliance experience, Marye specializes in transparency and regulatory reporting issues in the financial services industry, including sensitive industries and ESG. At CSS, Marye focuses on European financial regulations that affect fund managers’ operations worldwide and helps translate those requirements into automated reporting solutions.
 

 

 
Greg Hotaling is a Regulatory Content Manager at CSS, addressing global regulatory matters relevant to the financial industry. Since its inception, Greg has led the regulatory research and content team for CSS’s global Investment Monitoring platform that facilitates compliance with shareholder disclosure and position limit rules around the world
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The ESG Report

Supply and ESG in the EU with Yven Heine


Yven Heine is the Managing Director of StoneTurn. A risk professional with over 20 years of experience, he has worked as US CPA in all three lines of defense. He joins Tom Fox on this episode of the ESG Report to discuss a new German law on supply chain that has significant implications for ESG. 
 

 
Germany’s New Supply Chain Law
Any company with over 3000 employees that is based in or has a branch in Germany is subject to the new Supply Chain Act, Yven tells Tom. The law defines supply chain as all steps required to manufacture products and provide services. As of January 1, 2023, companies and their suppliers will be legally obligated by law to observe human rights and environmental due diligence along the supply chain or be fined up to 2% of their annual revenue. This is why companies need to prepare for this law from now, he says.
 
ESG in the EU
Tom asks Yven what he thinks about the state of ESG in the EU. Yven responds that companies are slowly starting to establish ESG reporting and define risks for inclusion in their risk assessment process. It’s important to establish an ESG risk management system from now to safeguard your company and to ensure that you’re protecting human rights and the environment in your business operations, he emphasizes. This system should include your direct and indirect suppliers. He sees the new Supply Chain Act as a significant step towards human rights protection which has global impact. It effectively mandates that companies must ensure human rights and environmental protection wherever they do business, even in China or Bangladesh. He and Tom discuss ESG reporting by corporations in the EU. The financial services sector must now take ESG factors into account when making investment decisions. 
 
Into The Future
Tom asks, “Do you see ESG evolving or changing in the EU?” Yven responds it is evolving and because of this new law, companies have to act sooner rather than later.
 
Resources
StoneTurn
Yven Heine on LinkedIn