eESG

For leaders, investors, cities, states, and countries.

Do you want much more of the following:

◊ smarter citizens
◊ investment and exports
◊ wellness and productivity
◊ innovation and prosperity
◊ better rankings/reputation/security
◊ better investees and returns
◊ less risk/dysfunction

If so, please read on, and consider ordering your Science Of Synthesis (SoS) License right now to get a head start.

(There's a link at the top and bottom of the page).

Overview

ESG is short for Environment, Social and Governance.

ESG is a well-intentioned people-friendly Conscious Capital movement projected to be worth more than $50 trillion by 2025.

As Bloomberg points out, this will radically reshape the global $140 trillion AUM market (2025 numbers).

ESG was arguably born in 1993 when John Elkington coined the term Triple Bottom Line (TBL) to explain the importance of Environmental and Social considerations for companies, cities, states, and countries that don't want to be the next Enron & Co. Yes, Enron faded into obscurity rather rapidly...

The Rise of Conscious Capital

Disputed. Economist James S. Henry, 2012
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Men tend to rank us. This is hard power.
It creates friction, inequality and scarcity.

Women tend to link us. This is soft power.
It creates harmony, equality and abundance.

Even the bastions and beneficiaries of deeply flawed and inequitable capitalism and "democracy" have been calling for bold and urgent restructuring for a better world for all:

"The pandemic caused a deep economic and social recession. Rapid and effective implementation of recovery and investment plans will help support stronger and more sustainable growth." (OECD, 2021, paraphrased)

In its 2021 book "Stakeholder Capitalism" the World Economic Forum (WEF) argues for "A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet" with this refreshingly frank observation:

"Our global economic system is broken. But we can replace the current picture of global upheaval, unsustainability, and uncertainty with one of an economy that works for all people, and the planet. First, we must eliminate rising income inequality".

In 2022, BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager ($10 trillion) likewise called CEOs to avoid the path of Enron by embracing the logic of Stakeholder Capitalism:

"Truly great companies recognize the importance of engaging with and delivering for their key stakeholders. Stakeholder Capitalism is driven by mutually beneficial relationships between you and the employees, customers, suppliers, and communities your company relies on to prosper." (paraphrased)

In 2022, Harvard Law School likewise argued for: "Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG as Tools for Sustainable Long-Term Value Creation".

As above, ESG was born in 1993! Stakeholder Capitalism was born in 1973! These are very mature concepts whose time for full implementation is long overdue. We have known the WHAT and WHY for a long time, but not the HOW. That has changed completely. We now know HOW in spades.

Everything better for everyone everywhere

In line with Steven Pinker, "The Better Angels of Our Nature" are multiplying and could soon tip the scales away from our darker side: humanity on the rise – Humanity 3.0 if you will.

Just think of the truly staggering amount of good we can do uplifting and rehabilitating science and the fractious human family as never before.

Aligned frameworks can all be powered by the Science of Synthesis or Science Of Everything (e) to converge, become unstoppable, and collaborate as never before:

◊ eESG (Environment, Social and Governance)
◊ eSC (Stakeholder Capitalism)
◊ eWeb3 (Democracy: socio-economic participation, contribution, and decentralization powered by distributed ledgers, smart contracts, and token-based economics to deliver agency, autonomy, ownership, and uplift for all)
◊ eDeFi (Decentralized Finance)
◊ eDAO (Distributed Autonomous Organizations using Smart Contracts)
◊ eCC (Conscious Capital)
◊ eVC (Venture Capital)

Rampant rapaciousness is self-defeating

ESG

ESG is aspirational and elusive. Hence "greenwashing" and "social washing". Hence "Cannibals with Forks" (1997). Hence "Zombie companies". Hence disaffected customers and staff. Hence endless Royal Commissions (in Australia for example).

ESG is the WHAT and WHY without the HOW.

eESG

eESG is boundless capability.

eESG is Enlightened ESG.

eESG happens when we turn our 'right-brain' on.

eESG is the HOW added to the WHAT and WHY.

Let's make the shift today.

The only viable trillion dollar "flying machines" are built using both our 'left-brain' and our 'right-brain'.

PwC insightfully points to a vibrant and verdant "human-led, tech-powered" future.

ESG

Aspirational and elusive

The WHAT and WHY

eESG

Boundless capability

Adding the HOW

The rationale

The most powerful guidance systems in the universe live in our 'right-brain'. For whatever reason, they are dormant until awoken.

Leaving our 'right-brain' turned off is why our best intentions are often swamped by our worst nightmares. The list is long...

Imagine you owned a very fat cash cow in the form 1,000 fully autonomous self-driving Tesla taxis. What would happen to your cash cow if you turned off the guidance systems on every vehicle and chose to drive every vehicle yourself?

Sadly that is how most companies, institutions, cities, states, and countries are run today. This poorly hidden social recession is expensive. The cost is enormous: about 20–40% of GDP/revenue. The loss is even bigger – the opportunity cost.

Just in case the point was missed: your staff/citizens are cash cows in waiting and your TBL is looking somewhat anemic (or anaemic).

"Innovate or die"

"Disrupt, or be disrupted"

"It is time to either step up — or to get out of the way" (John Elkington, Harvard Business Review, 25 June 2018).

eESG

Overview

The Rise of Conscious Capital

Disputed. Economist James S. Henry, 2012
---------------------
Men tend to rank us. This is hard power.
It creates friction, inequality and scarcity.

Women tend to link us. This is soft power.
It creates harmony, equality and abundance.

Everything better for everyone everywhere

ESG

eESG

ESG

eESG

The rationale

Our Purpose
"Re-imagining Human, Business and Socio-Economic Potential"

"We know more than we think"
academic Marta Sinclair

"We know more than we can tell"
polymath Michael Polanyi, paraphrase

"We know more than we see"
scientist Alan Du Preez

eESG

Overview

The Rise of Conscious Capital

Disputed. Economist James S. Henry, 2012---------------------Men tend to rank us. This is hard power. It creates friction, inequality and scarcity.Women tend to link us. This is soft power.It creates harmony, equality and abundance.

Everything better for everyone everywhere

ESG

eESG

ESG

eESG

The rationale

Our Purpose "Re-imagining Human, Business and Socio-Economic Potential"

"We know more than we think"academic Marta Sinclair"We know more than we can tell" polymath Michael Polanyi, paraphrase"We know more than we see" scientist Alan Du Preez

Disputed. Economist James S. Henry, 2012
---------------------
Men tend to rank us. This is hard power.
It creates friction, inequality and scarcity.

Women tend to link us. This is soft power.
It creates harmony, equality and abundance.

Our Purpose
"Re-imagining Human, Business and Socio-Economic Potential"

"We know more than we think"
academic Marta Sinclair

"We know more than we can tell"
polymath Michael Polanyi, paraphrase

"We know more than we see"
scientist Alan Du Preez