ESG Mindset: Business Resilience and Sustainable Growth 1st Edition

I bought this book after I started studying to take the CFA ESG exam. I wish I had done the reverse! I had so many questions while I was reading the textbook and this book ended up answering most of them. The textbook talked about the specifics for investors, this book talks about making ESG factors actionable in your organization. ESG can be confusing and murky from a daily operations perspective. Mr. Sekol addresses this head-on and is able to make ESG more than a reporting function.

We need clear definitions of what esg is and what its not.In this book the author make a clear explanation about the value of managing esg material issues for business but also is clear about the reach of this acronym.This is a book highly recommended for C-Level executives all around the world.

Beautifully written and organized, deeply insightful, and highly practical, author Matthew Sekol helps readers understand the merits of an ESG Mindset for business resilience and sustainable growth. He addresses the pushback against ESG, and the relevance of DEI, and provides useful case studies and graphics.Absolutely a must read for anyone who works in business, relates/interacts with companies in any capacity, or is simply a concerned citizen.

Matt Sekol’s book is exceptional, covering highly relevant topics on ESG. It helps identify the value created by sustainability within organizations. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to deepen their knowledge in this important field!

Everyone in business needs to read this book

Matt's new book comes at an important time where companies of all sizes and maturity stages grapple with longstanding and new challenges in implementing programs and processes to create better outcomes for the planet and people. The differentiator in this book, to me, is the breadth of coverage and detailed explanations for how we got here, and what we can do about it. His role at Microsoft gives him a unique perspective to see firsthand how companies are thinking about ESG matters, and you can see much of that coming through in various parts of the book. Director+ people leading sustainability and ESG at corporates should seek out this new book and find ways to incorporate its perspectives into their work.

I am super excited about the journey that Matthew is leading us towards. He has shown us how to consider and appreciate the interconnected nature of ESG. And he has given business leaders a practical guide on how to ‘mainstream ESG’ — an important step to put what we’ve read into practice in the real world. And I cannot be more grateful that he put this enlightening and well-researched book together with such clarity — in a way that only Matthew can. It’s a gift that is built to last, and a must-read primer for ESG for everyone. We all have a role to play and ignore it at your own peril.