Intro
Foreword
Preface
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I Global Overview and Relevance in Africa
1 ESG: Global Importance, Origins, and Emergence
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definition, Measurement, and Importance
1.3 Origins
1.4 Actors
1.4.1 The United Nations
1.4.2 Governments
1.4.3 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
1.4.4 The Voices of Businesses
1.4.5 The Stock Exchanges
1.5 Other Factors in the Recent Evolution of ESG
1.5.1 Natural and Man-Made Disasters
1.5.2 The George Floyd Effect
1.5.3 The Generational Effect

1.6 The Effects of Protests and Pressures
1.7 New Area of Research
1.8 Structure of the Book
2 ESG in Africa: Relevance and Applicability
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Environmental
2.3 Climate Challenge
2.3.1 Rising Temperatures
2.3.2 Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Erosion
2.3.3 Extreme Events
2.3.4 Food Security Impacts
2.3.5 Health Impacts
2.3.6 Economic Impacts
2.3.7 The Environment and Equity
2.3.7.1 Axioms for Inequality Comparisons
2.3.7.2 External Costs and Income Inequality Comparisons
2.3.7.3 Adjusted Income
2.3.7.4 Earnings Loss and Inequality

2.3.7.5 External Cost and Poverty
2.4 Social
2.4.1 The Women
2.4.2 The Youth
2.4.3 The Children
2.4.4 Education
2.4.5 Health
2.4.6 The Rural Areas
2.4.7 Social Protection in Africa Generally
2.4.8 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
2.4.9 The Resource Curse
2.5 Governance
2.6 Other Reasons for ESG in Africa
2.6.1 Socio-Economic Progress
2.6.2 Better Utilization of Resources
2.6.3 Attracting Global Investments
Part II The Strategic Management of ESG during and after a Global Pandemic

3 Applying Strategic Management to ESG: Relevance of a Multipronged Approach Through the African PESTLE Analysis (APA)
3.1 The Modern Company
3.2 The African PESTLE Analysis and ESG for Africans and non-Africans
3.3 The Presentations
3.4 The Process
3.4.1 Preparing the PESTLE
3.4.2 What Are Challenges?
3.4.3 Identification
3.4.4 Tabulation
3.4.5 Identification
3.4.6 The Solutions
3.5 Performance Square
3.6 Extensions
3.7 Strategy Paper
3.8 Similarities/Differences Between PESTLE and SWOT
3.9 Relationship with and Applicability of APA to ESG

3.10 Applicability of the APA to Personal Issues for all
4 The COVID-19 Pandemic and ESG Reporting Priorities: Far Beyond Business as Usual
4.1 Introduction
4.2 COVID-19 in Africa
4.3 Anti-COVID-19 Measures
4.4 Africa's COVID-19 Mystery
4.5 The Pandemic Might Be Heading to an End, but the Threat Is Not
4.6 Global Measures for Dealing with COVID-19
4.7 COVID-19, ESG and Africa: What Can Be Done by Companies for the Health Sectors?
4.7.1 Existing Medical Facilities
4.7.2 Working Medical Personnel
4.7.3 New Medical Facilities