ESG is flavour of the month ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, and this is causing some ironic smiles among women excluded from the conversations about diversity.
The explosion of interest in environment, social and governance issues ahead of the Glasgow climate change conference is causing some ironic laughter among female fund managers in Australia and overseas.
Katie Hudson, one of the tiny minority of women managing some of Australia’s $3 trillion in superannuation savings, says it is “hilarious” that the “G” in ESG essentially involves men lecturing male-dominated boards about issues such as gender diversity.
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Tony Boyd is the former Chanticleer columnist. He has more than 35 years' experience as a finance journalist. Connect with Tony on Twitter. Email Tony at tony.boyd@afr.com
