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13. The Role of Business Interest Groups

Kristyn Noeth1  
(1)
Los Angeles, CA, USA
 

The global business community builds consensus in support of ESG and often navigates the direction of travel on global topics. There are a number of high-level groups, nonprofits, trade associations and other industry-specific groups that convene and influence corporate action. We’ll discuss the role of those organizations and their engagement on ESG topics.

13.1 Convening the World Economic Forum (WEF)

We discussed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report in detail ...

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