ESG: An Old Concept With a New Name

Published: Jan. 18, 2023, 7:58 p.m.

b'Although Environmental, Social and Governance\\u2014more commonly known as ESG\\u2014principles are often portrayed as a new trend, the concept has been around for decades and fundamentally is about ensuring long-term value. Listen as co-chairs of Brownstein\\u2019s ESG practice Jason Downs, Carrie Johnson and Rebecca Tucker talk about what ESG is and what it is not. The group discusses how ESG can be simply understood as a risk assessment framework and how companies can be more competitive by responding to workforce and market expectations\\xa0and mitigating against\\xa0natural and man-made disasters in an increasingly connected world.'