CHAPTER 21

Opening the Conversation With Third Parties

It Is Good to Talk (1)

It is relatively straightforward to establish whether, and how, we might be able to work with third parties, at least in outline. If yours is a trading organization and you trade in products known to entail material ESG considerations, especially of the “E” and “S”’ variety, and if you are heavily dependent on third-party suppliers or have a few, very major distributors, then any “due diligence” considerations applying to you will likely also apply to your major counterparties.

In this chapter, we open up suggestions for general avenues for discussion and encourage readers to “see” this question in terms of relationship management generally, which will also have a degree ...

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