Integrity Insights: Spotlight on ESG
Exploring the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals to highlight best practices for integrating compliance and sustainability.
ESG Integrity Insights
The Sustainable Development Goals provide a global framework for organisations to align their strategies and operations, thereby linking them to evolving compliance and sustainability standards. The connection between SDGs, ESG and Ethics & Compliance is what we call ‘ESG Integrity’, the focus of our webcast.
Integrity Insights: A webcast series
In the webcast series ‘Integrity Insights: Spotlight on ESG’, our hosts dive into the interplay between the SDGs and corporate integrity. In each of the webcast episodes we explore the SDG and highlight lessons learned from instances of misconduct as well as best practices of integrity, compliance, and ethics for organizations. To do so, our Forensic hosts are joined by professionals from the corporate and public sector, who share their experiences on how to contribute to achieving the SDGs by 2030.
Tune in to gain valuable insights on how to best navigate the complex landscape of ESG Integrity challenges. Position yourself to thrive in a future increasingly defined by sustainability and ethical conduct.
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Episode 1 | Setting the Scene: ESG Integrity & SDGs
In the first episode of the webcast, hosts Emekor Evans and Laura Klapwijk delve into the critical intersection of ESG integrity and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlighting their significance in today's global landscape. They explore how misconduct can obstruct progress towards these essential objectives, emphasising the importance of ethical conduct in achieving sustainable outcomes.
Episode 2 | SDG #1 – No Poverty
In the second episode of our webcast series, hosts Emekor Evans and Freya van Ellen focus on the first Sustainable Development Goal 'No poverty'. They explore what this goal entails and how the pursuit of this goal can be undermined by cycles of fraud and misconduct which in turn increase poverty levels. Joining them is Paul van Berkel, Vice President of the Dutch Foodbank, who shares valuable insights, best practices, and strategies for tackling poverty in the Netherlands.
Special Episode | Anti-Bribery and Corruption
This special episode of the webcast featured two guests: Lousewies van der Laan, Director of Transparency International Netherlands and Frank Cederhout, Director of Forensic and Financial Crime here at Deloitte. The discussion delves into the latest developments in rules and regulations, including the new EU Anti-Corruption Directive and the U.S.'s Foreign Extortion Prevention Act. In the studio, we analysed a case of misconduct, shedding light on the complexity of corruption cases. Together, they share valuable lessons, emphasizing the necessity of robust legal frameworks and the importance of a culture of integrity underpinning all of these efforts.
Episode 3 | SDG #2 – Zero Hunger
In this third episode of our webcast series, we are focusing on the second Sustainable Development Goal ‘Zero Hunger’. Hosts Emekor Evans and Freya van Ellen dive into the objective of SDG #2, elaborating on several sub targets, and discuss how forms of misconduct impedes development towards this goal. They are joined by Floris van der Pouw, Legal Counsel at Friesland Campina. He shares industry insights into the challenges that can arise for companies aiming to contribute to eradicating hunger. Furthermore, Floris shares advice and best practices for all of us to learn from in our strife towards SDG #2.
Episode 4 | SDG #3 - Good Health and Well-being
Aida Demneri, partner at Deloitte specializing in Governance, Risk, and Regulatory topics, joins hosts Laura Klapwijk and Freya van Ellen for the fourth episode of the webcast discussing UN Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-Being. Our hosts explain various sub-targets, discuss examples of misconduct, such as pharmaceutical kickbacks or other types of healthcare fraud, and lessons we can learn from such misconduct. Aida shares insights and best practices based on her extensive experience in the life science and healthcare industry and stresses the importance of sectors committing to advance health equity.
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