Understanding the Impacts of ESG on Your Business

Summary

Stakeholders need greater transparency in managing their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) risks and integrating them into their business strategy. Many ESG reporting initiatives have surfaced from various sources, resulting in an assortment of practices and uncertainty for organizations. To date, there has been no consistent, widespread adoption of any frameworks. ESG issues play a large role in an organization’s ability to create value. Seeing your organization through an ESG lens helps recognize the impact of non-financial issues that will have a material financial impact on your organization’s value. ESG metrics can help your businesses recognize and detect which systems may be related to future risk and how they may be turned into opportunities for competitive advantage. When you reassure your investors that your company is thinking ahead, they will continue to invest in you.

Our Presenter(s)

Annisha Chakravorty is the CEO of Positive Influence Incorporated. Annisha’s vision is to inspire authentic leadership, enhance team potential and help individuals live their dreams. She is a professional who specializes in organizational effectiveness, culture, strategy and executive coaching.

Annisha started her career at CIBC and transitioned into oil and gas with Suncor as a performance analyst. Annisha has a natural ability to breakdown complex issues into easy to digest information/steps. She easily marries business and financial outcomes to the evolution of leaders and their teams.

Annisha has experience working with public, private and non-profit organizations in energy, utilities, technology, and finance on complex projects. She is an expert in bringing senior leadership together through executive advisory, coaching, and strategic decision-making, and she has proven strength in getting strong personalities to come to the table, rapidly build trust and creating open environments where people are willing to collaborate.

Pat Lipovski is the Founder of Envision Group International (Envision). The Mission of Envision is “to provide inspiration, skills & strategic transformation that drives leadership success. Pat has over 25 years of experience in facilitation, strategy consulting, leadership development and culture transformation. Over the course of his career Pat has worked with senior executives, Partners and C-level leaders at all levels in private practice and with mid-sized to Fortune 100 companies, internationally.

Pat’s vision is to continue seeing leaders inspired by Envision delivering world-class results internationally. He has been passionate about developing people, leaders and strategy since graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Alberta in 1991. Pat initially worked as a facilitator and trainer with the Dale Carnegie organization. Early in his career he worked with the Alberta Government developing competency-based training standards and delivering leadership training and certification programs across Canada. Pat was then attracted into the telecom industry and promoted into leadership roles with Call-Net/Sprint Canada, Bell Canada and Shaw Communications. Driven by his passion for leadership development, Pat left the telecom industry to fulfill his vision and build the Envision team into a global strategy and leadership development powerhouse. Pat and the Envision team continue to add highly accomplished Leaders and Executives to Envision’s list of Partners.

Pat has served on numerous Boards of nonprofit groups, and is a long-standing member of Rotary Club International in Calgary, Alberta. As a top-ranked international leadership and strategy specialist Pat has been honored with numerous awards including Top International Corporate Coach, Top Canadian Executive Coach, and Top North American Corporate Coach. With a philosophy grounded in the key fundamentals of business, practice management and leadership success, Pat specializes in catapulting already accomplished leaders, Partners, executives and teams to the next level of their personal and professional potential. Most important, Pat equips each client to pay success forward.