Can something be both vital and flawed?
This was the fundamental question of the public debate I had last week with Professor Witold Henisz, the Vice Dean of Wharton. We were invited by The Economist to battle Oxford-style over the following motion: This House believes ESG is vital, and a necessity in the battle against climate change. The debate, energetically moderated by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist’s Global Energy and Climate Innovation Editor, was billed as one of the highlights of the magazine’s Third Annual Sustainability Week. Dean Henisz argued in favor of the motion. I argued against.
