Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people.

Today's Chatter with Business North Carolina podcast features an interview with Jeff Schwartz, a partner at the Deloitte financial services firm's Charlotte office. He's an expert in helping large and middle-market companies navigate the world of Environmental, Social and Governance regulation. On the podcast, Schwartz describes what is driving the ESG trend and why CEOs and boards are focused on climate change, sustainability, diversity and other issues. He's been a partner since 2007 at Deloitte, which employs about 3,000 people in North Carolina.