Boeing is setting a standout example of how Fortune 500 companies can implement and maintain ESG practices in their daily operations. In today's episode, we sit down with Boeing South Carolina's Senior Director of Government Operations, Lindsay Leonard, to talk about her work since taking up this position, her perspective on the aerospace industry's most pressing issues, and the ecosystem that Boeing has created since setting up in South Carolina. Lindsay talks about shifting attitudes towards ESG, the implications of the commitments that have been made by the aerospace industry, and how she and her team want to take things beyond the minimum and performative. In an industrial space that has required some of the most obvious change, Boeing has a real strategy and practical plan that goes beyond compliance; Lindsay talks about their approaches to value creation and innovation and creating a better understanding of sustainability in relation to ESG. So to hear all this, and a whole lot more from our great guest, press play! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Lindsay explains the project at Boeing South Carolina.
• Unpacking Boeing South Carolina's corporate conservation strategy. 
• The need for constant focus on ESG in all decisions in a field such as aerospace. 
• Real steps and initiatives towards promotion of ESG within the aerospace industry. 
• Sustainable value for shareholders; programs at Boeing that exemplify what is possible. 
• Lindsay's thoughts on the year ahead, the recession, and the effects this will have on corporate ESG initiatives. 
• Advice from Lindsay for sticking by ESG commitments through economic constraints.  
• The importance of reporting requirements, and the different forms this can take. 
• Lindsay shares some thoughts on maintaining a focus on the elements of ESG that actually matter. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Fordham University School of Law Corporate Law Center

Lindsay Leonard on LinkedIn

Boeing 

The Nature Conservancy

Dreamlearners

Wisk

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