Welcome to the very first Best B Haviour video interview, brought to you by ESG Clarity and a number of B Corp certified businesses to encourage better governance within financial services.
Last year, Bonhill titles ESG Clarity, DiversityQ, Portfolio Adviser, International Adviser and Expert Investor responded to industry events surrounding treatment of customers and stakeholders with the Campaign for Better Governance, and has been running a monthly newsletter since highlighting good (and bad) practice.
Meanwhile at COP26, a coalition of B Corps companies came together to issue a call to action to financial services to implement tighter and deeper corporate governance frameworks.
As a result of this shared ambition, a new working relationship and Best B Haviour was formed. Over the next few months, as we lead up to COP27, ESG Clarity will be interviewing the CEOs and senior management of B Corps companies discussing the importance of the campaigns, shareholder versus stakeholder centrism and internal governance.
There will also be discussions around changes to the Articles of Association to ensure stakeholder alignment becomes part of their directors’ duties, balancing human prosperity and our ecological boundaries, and how being B Corp certified has changed these businesses for the better.
To kick off the video series, ESG Clarity‘s global head of ESG insight Natalie Kenway interviewed George Latham (pictured left), managing partner at WHEB Asset Management. He explained why investing in different stakeholders leads to more successful outcomes, and gives an overview to the importance of changing the articles.
