A Community Celebration of Environmental Social Governance

Massry Center for Business

The inaugural ESG symposium will discuss how businesses integrate environmental social governance into their strategies and operations. The event will conclude with the presentation of the 2021 High Peaks Impact Awards.

The conference will be held Friday, October 15, 2021 from 1:00pm - 6:00pm in the Massry Center for Business.

O’Leary Professor Emeritus Paul Miesing, the founding director of the The Center for the Advancement & Understanding of Social Enterprises has been involved in ESG for some time and has long looked forward to planning a conference on the subject.

He said, “Five years ago, I was trying to find data around to show that being socially responsible was a successful strategy, and lo and behold I stumbled across ESG.

Since then, it’s become enormously popular, but at its core it’s still what remains important to all business decisions: being transparent, honest, and open; retaining social legitimacy to operate; achieving resiliency by better managing risks; and providing material information to investors, governments, and the public."

Four panels of experts will discuss the complexity and criticisms of ESG: measurement and reporting, ESG portfolio, implementing ESG and trends driving the future of ESG.

More information and to register for the symposium.

Keynote Speaker

Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University with primary appointments in the Yale School of the Environment and the Law School with a secondary appointment at the Yale School of Management. He also serves as Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and as Director of the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance.

High Peaks Impact Award

The High Peaks Impact Awards was established to celebrate and promote Capital Region environmental, social, and governance efforts. 

More information on the award.

Sponsor the Conference

Join these sponsors:

    Pinnacle Human Resources
    Simmons Capital Group
    ESG Strategies
    Cometti Law Firm
    Optimus One, LLC
    Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region

More information on sponsorships.