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Grow The Pie: Responsible Business In A Time Of Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen some inspired corporate responses, such as Unilever donating €100 million of food and sanitizer, and guaranteeing the jobs of all 150,000 workers including contractors. 

But what if you’re a small business without millions to donate? Or in an unrelated industry without relevant products to give? 

This episode of ESGX Live will explore:
  1. What it means to be a responsible business, for companies of all sizes and in all industries
  2. The business case for responsibility in normal times as well as crisis times
  3. How responsibility can be consistent with long-term shareholder value

​Watch the whole show below or jump to segments using the links on the right:
​Our special guest is:
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Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar, and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, testified in the UK Parliament, and given the TED talk “What to Trust in a Post-Truth World” and the TEDx talk “The Social Responsibility of Business” with a combined 2 million views. He has appeared on Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, CNN, ITV, Sky News and Sky Sports, and written for the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Wall Street Journal. At Wharton, he won 14 teaching awards in 6 years; at LBS, he won the Excellence in Teaching award for best professor across all programmes. He has been named to Poets and Quants Best 40 Professors Under 40 and Thinkers50 Radar.​


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Alex's new book, Grow The Pie has been featured in the FT and the Economist.  Order here from his web site or click the image to order from Amazon.com.

"Alex Edmans’ superb book makes the case, compellingly and comprehensively, for a radical rethink of how companies operate and indeed why they exist. It is a tour de force."

Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England

Introduction
Opening comments: Paul Herman
Prof Alex Edmans - presentation
Prof Alex Edmans - discussion
Jeff Higgins
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© Nigel Lake and Paul Herman, 2020, 2021, 2022

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  • Topics
    • 79 Still Broke
    • 80 Culture Shift
    • Why?
    • Meet Our Guests
    • Your Hosts
    • ESGX Merch
    • Contact
    • Disclaimer
  • Business
    • 78 COP: Progress or Failure
    • 74 Earth for All launch
    • 73 Fifty Years of Eco-Failure
    • 70 The Bioeconomy Boom
    • 69 The Green Apple
    • 67 Electric Dreams
    • 66 Zero Patience
    • 64 Australia 4.0
    • 60 Going Climate Positive
    • 53 Food For Thought
    • 38 Carbon Club
    • 34 Power Shift
    • 28 Ballot Box
    • 26 Green Banks
    • 22 Building Green Communities
    • 20 Resilient Cities
    • 15 Building The Circular Economy
    • 09 Pandemic Pivots - Insights from Asia
    • 08 Grow The Pie
    • 03 Science-Based Targets
    • 01 The Virus Stimulus
  • Investment
    • Impact Investing
    • 48 Investing In The Future
    • 43 Impact Investing in Asia
    • 41 Climate Investing
    • 40 Place Based Impact Investing
    • 39 Gender Lens Investing
    • 23 Impact Investing Handbook
    • 17 Green Your Retirement
  • Society
    • 62 Measuring Inclusion
    • 58 Sixty Minutes To Save The World
    • 59 Glasgow Ranges
    • 54 Democracy In Decline
    • 50 Black Wall Street
    • 47 Roads to Refuge
    • 42 Sand Talk
    • 33 Green Santa
    • 31 Countdown to 2021
    • 29 Equal Forever After
    • 24 Prosperity Through Diversity
    • 19 Remembering Origin Stories
    • 14 Roads to Refuge
    • 13 Solutions for Equality
    • 07 Crisis, Creativity, Collaboration
    • 06 Activating Academia
    • 05 Faith-Based Investing
    • 02 COVID-19 Risk + Resilience
    • 00 Lock Down, Share The Load
  • Economy
    • Monthly Green Jobs Report
    • 77 Nov Green Jobs Report
    • 76 Taming the Monster
    • 75 September Green Jobs Report
    • 72 May Green Jobs Report
    • 71 Intel Inside Ohio
    • 68 Electrifying Buildings
    • 65 MMTers at the Gates
    • 63 The Great Reshuffle
    • 61 Infrastructure for Prosperity
    • 57 COPs and Robbers
    • 56 MMTransformational Impact
    • 52 August Green Jobs Report
    • 49 Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • 45 May Green Jobs Report
    • 41 April Green Jobs Report
    • 40 March Green Jobs Report
    • 37 Green Jobs Report February
    • 36 Green Jobs Report January
    • 32 November Green Jobs Report
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    • 25 Green Jobs Report - August
    • 21 Green Jobs Report - July
    • 16 Green Jobs Report
    • 11 Green Jobs Report - May
    • 04 Green Jobs, Green New Deal, Job Guarantee
  • Nature
    • 55 The Book Of Hope
    • 51 The Blue Bio-economy
    • 46 Clean Break
    • 44 Tomorrow's Economy
    • 18 Survival Instinct
    • 12 Intelligent Oceans Deep Dive
    • 10 Sustainable Food Systems
    • Earth Week
  • Bookshelf