Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a set of standards used to measure an organization's environmental and social impact. Many companies are now required to report on their ESG, which can lead it to be considered as a kind of tick-box exercise. In our discussion with Pieter Scholtz, COO of Digby Wells Environmental, we unpacked why companies and individuals should think differently about ESG - and why ESG does indeed make financial sense.

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