While some companies define their ESG agenda by identifying the standards below which they cannot fall, other companies – including Microsoft, Starbucks and Golden State Foods, who have been demonstrating their higher values as a priority and a leadership requirement for decades – are asking not how low can we go, but how high can we fly?
While a CEO can speak about corporate values, the successful implementation and realization of those values is often driven by the CLO and the legal team – both in defining projects for their department, as well as leading teams across the larger enterprise. This program brings together leading CLOs to discuss how they made ESG and related accountability initiatives a foundational component of their values-based leadership style and a distinguishing means for attracting and then engaging the best talent, who then work harder to assure the right results.
Following the CLO roundtable, Orrick attorneys will sit down with a few of their clients to discuss practical considerations underlying these topics:
CVP and General Counsel,
Microsoft
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary,
Starbucks
SVP, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, and Chief Legal Officer,
Golden State Foods
Senior Counsel,
Orrick
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
This program brings together the CLOs of Microsoft, Starbucks and Golden State Foods to discuss how they made ESG and related accountability initiatives a foundational component of their values-based leadership style and a distinguishing means for attracting and then engaging the best talent, who then work harder to assure the right results.
Dev Stahlkopf, CVP and General Counsel, Microsoft
Rachel Gonzalez, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, Starbucks
John Page, SVP, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, and Chief Legal Officer, Golden State Foods
Carolyn Frantz, Senior Counsel, Orrick
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Attendees will have the option to choose between these three dynamic sessions, all led by our thought leadership partner:
Creating an ESG program, or advancing an existing ESG program, can seem overwhelming. This panel focuses on establishing a framework in which to develop your ESG program, regardless of stage, with an emphasis on governance and disclosure.
With ESG issues growing in importance, and proxy advisors and investors expecting increased disclosure about Board governance of ESG, many public companies are re-considering their Board oversight. This panel will discuss considerations around delegating ESG issues to certain committees or keeping them at the full Board level, and how to ensure that directors have what they need to provide the most impactful oversight.
Investors are urging companies to build environmental, social, and governance (ESG) key performance indicators (KPIs) into their short and long-term corporate strategies as they have come to realize that ESG can have a material impact on an organization’s short- and long-term value. This panel will offer a practical guide for developing a framework for identifying ESG KPIs and understanding how such KPIs can work in conjunction with a company’s other performance goals and the company’s business plan as a whole.
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This event is approved for 2 hours of CLE credit in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, MN, MS, MO, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV and WI. |
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