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ICGN ‘in-house’ training allows for Members (at a discounted rate) and Non-members to benefit from tailored programmes to suit their governance and stewardship needs.

ICGN’s education programme is defined by the ’Governance Stewardship and Sustainability’ (GSS) programme.

Van Lanschot Kempen

International Sustainability Standards Board

09 November 2022, Online.

This Viewpoint will consider the investor view of the board’s role in the creation and oversight of the company’s sustainability journey in meeting rising global investor expectations.

Biodiversity loss has jumped onto the global agenda. Scientists, economists, policy-makers, corporate boards and investment institutions increasingly recognise humanity's role in driving biodiversity loss and how it impairs ecosystem services and damages the natural capital upon which our economy is based.

As we enter what some call the Sixth Mass Extinction, describing the risks presented as daunting may be an understatement. We need game-changers: concepts, processes, strategies, frameworks and legal regimes that will change how the economy and capital markets interact with the environment.

In this viewpoint, ICGN surveys the field and identifies 10 game-changing initiatives that can allow us to move rapidly and intentionally to tackle this challenge. We also provide ten sets of questions for boards to consider and for investment stewardship teams to use for engaging the companies in their portfolios.

It is early days for addressing this challenge. But efforts are ramping up quickly. Our hope is that this viewpoint can help boards and investors understand the impressive efforts underway and determine where and how they can get started.

Education is a core part of ICGN's mission to inform members about key developments in corporate governance and investor stewardship.

ICGN is proud to release the second edition of our book: Governance, Stewardship and Sustainability: Theory, Practice and Evidence, authored by George Dallas and Mike Lubrano. Drawing from their decades of experience, the authors provide greater clarity, rigour and guidance to practitioners about what we know—and don’t know—about stewardship, governance and sustainability. This new work explores the theoretical foundations of stewardship, linking these to day-to-day investor decision making.