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001475945 1001_ $$aSonko, Karamo N. M.,$$eauthor.
001475945 24510 $$aDemystifying environmental, social and governance (ESG) :$$bcharting the ESG course in Africa /$$cKaramo NM Sonko, Mariama Sonko.
001475945 260__ $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c[2023]
001475945 300__ $$a1 online resource (310 p.).
001475945 4901_ $$aPalgrave studies in impact finance
001475945 500__ $$aDescription based upon print version of record.
001475945 500__ $$a4.7.4 Additional Medical Personnel Through Academic Institutions
001475945 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001475945 5050_ $$aIntro -- 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
001475945 5058_ $$a1.6 The Effects of Protests and Pressures -- 1.7 New Area of Research -- 1.8 Structure of the Book -- 2 ESG in Africa: Relevance and Applicability -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Environmental -- 2.3 Climate Challenge -- 2.3.1 Rising Temperatures -- 2.3.2 Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Erosion -- 2.3.3 Extreme Events -- 2.3.4 Food Security Impacts -- 2.3.5 Health Impacts -- 2.3.6 Economic Impacts -- 2.3.7 The Environment and Equity -- 2.3.7.1 Axioms for Inequality Comparisons -- 2.3.7.2 External Costs and Income Inequality Comparisons -- 2.3.7.3 Adjusted Income -- 2.3.7.4 Earnings Loss and Inequality
001475945 5058_ $$a2.3.7.5 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
001475945 5058_ $$a3 Applying Strategic Management to ESG: Relevance of a Multipronged Approach Through the African PESTLE Analysis (APA) -- 3.1 The Modern Company -- 3.2 The African PESTLE Analysis and ESG for Africans and non-Africans -- 3.3 The Presentations -- 3.4 The Process -- 3.4.1 Preparing the PESTLE -- 3.4.2 What Are Challenges? -- 3.4.3 Identification -- 3.4.4 Tabulation -- 3.4.5 Identification -- 3.4.6 The Solutions -- 3.5 Performance Square -- 3.6 Extensions -- 3.7 Strategy Paper -- 3.8 Similarities/Differences Between PESTLE and SWOT -- 3.9 Relationship with and Applicability of APA to ESG
001475945 5058_ $$a3.10 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
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001475945 520__ $$aThis important book breaks new ground in an important emerging area of research and practical applications. The comprehensive approach will help improve corporate and economic governance in a world that is facing severe ecological and related crises. Therefore, this is a most timely contribution. Haider A. Khan, John Evans Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Economics, University of Denver Presenting the perspectives of two people who are the embodiment of Africa, this book makes an important contribution to the debate on this increasingly urgent subject. I thoroughly commend the authors for their honesty and their desire to present an African perspective to a conversation quite often led by those that the subject matter least affects. Jeff Quartermaine, CEO and Managing Director of Perseus Mining Limited Very important book on ESG, enlightening analysis of Africa and the worlds ESG challenges and a study BADEAs staff have already practically benefitted from during several years of association with the authors. Honourable Dr Sidi O. Tah, Director General & CEO, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) ESG is essential for survival in Africa and beyond the continent. No one can be left out of the equation. This book very clearly explains the need for serious attention. Rockson Dogbegah, Chairman, African Corporate Governance Network & President, Institute of Directors Ghana Karamo NM Sonko has more than 20 years of experience in CSR, environmental oversight, government relations and corporate governance. He is Chairman, Heeno International; CEO, Jula Consultancy FZE; Chairman, Taf Africa Global; Strategic Adviser to the Managing Director & CEO, Perseus Mining; and Chairman, WellBoring (West Africa). He has worked at the UN and IMF and taught at five universities in Canada, France and the USA. Mariama Sonko has a bachelors degree from the Paris Sorbonne (Abu Dhabi campus) and a Master of Science (with Distinction) from Heriot-Watt University (Dubai). She holds postgraduate certificates from the Cambridge Judge Business School, in Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, in Sustainable Finance, and Harvard Business School, in Financial Leadership. She is Sustainability Adviser at Jula Consultancy.
001475945 650_0 $$aEconomic development$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$zAfrica.
001475945 650_0 $$aInvestments$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$zAfrica.
001475945 651_0 $$aAfrica$$xEconomic conditions.
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001475945 7001_ $$aSonko, Mariama,$$eauthor.
001475945 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSonko, Karamo Nm$$tDemystifying Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)$$dCham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023$$z9783031358661
001475945 830_0 $$aPalgrave studies in impact finance.
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