Lawrence Heim's guest appearances

Lawrence Heim

Masters of Disaster

The ESG Report

The ESG Compliance Podcast

Trysha Daskam

Laura Tulchin

Jared Connors

David Simon

John Katsos

Bryan Sillaman

Bill Davis

Travis Miller

Matt Friedman

Daniel Perry

Stephen Martin

Kristy Grant-Hart

Mark Henderson

Karen Woody

Elizabeth Crow

OwlTail

Lawrence Heim joins the podcast to discuss PracticalESG, the CCRcorp-run blog working to provide ESG information in bite-sized pieces, SEC’s proposed framework and its contents, the processes of regularizing standards, and what organizations must do to ensure accurate tracking and reporting. ▶️ Practical ESG with Lawrence Heim:Key points discussed in the episode:✔️ Practical ESG receives tons of positive feedback and aims to cut through the fluff and marketing.✔️ With an expert advisory board, PracticalESG has had in-depth contributions on climate issues, investor perspectives, corporate culture, and how they all relate to a successful ESG program.✔️ Just recently, the ISSB has made public a new multi-jurisdictional working group of regulatory agencies in the accounting and securities arenas for a number of countries.✔️ Convergence is the process of establishing standards as regulatory. When IFRS adopts a standard, it isn’t automatically established as regulatory. Countries must go through legal and administrative processes to make them enforceable. FASB is responsible for this function in US jurisdiction.✔️ The SEC’s proposed framework has three scopes: direct emissions, third-party emissions, and supply chain emissions.✔️ Lawrence Heim notes a potential misunderstanding in the SEC proposal: CO2 emissions reporting by companies to EPA is limited to operations that emit 25,000 tons of CO2 annually – either directly from their locations or as a result of third-party combustion of the products manufactured (such as gasoline). EPA’s CO2 emissions reporting will not ease the proposed SEC emissions calculation burden for companies that are below the EPA threshold.✔️ Manage and track responses to information requests in your organization. With receptionists, monitor how they reply to more technical questions and equip them with the right tools and know-how.Lawrence Heim is the Editor of CCRCorp’s ESG platform, PracticalESG.com, where he shares insights based on over 35 years of supporting companies in environmental, health &amp; safety compliance and management. He’s led various types of non-financial audits, designed corrective action programs and helped implement sustainability programs. He spent nearly a decade in-house at a Fortune 150 manufacturer and went on to help create the Global Environmental Risk Consulting Practice at Marsh USA. Later, Lawrence founded &amp; led the Sustainability practice at Elm Consulting Group, and most recently, he led the development of supply chain due diligence standards at the Responsible Business Alliance/Responsible Minerals Initiative. When the SEC’s conflict minerals rules were under consideration, Lawrence was the only non-financial auditor selected to give testimony to the Commission. In 2018, he published the book “Killing Sustainability.” Lawrence also sits on the board of ASSET, a non-profit anti-slavery organization.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a podcast (or do you want to)? Join the only network dedicated to compliance, risk management, and business ethics, the Compliance Podcast Network. For more information, contact Tom Fox at tfox@tfoxlaw.com.

Lawrence Heim joins the podcast to discuss PracticalESG, the CCRcorp-run blog working to provide ESG information in bite-sized pieces, SEC’s proposed framework and its contents, the processes of regularizing standards, and what organizations must do to ensure accurate tracking and reporting.  ▶️ Practical ESG with Lawrence Heim: Key points discussed in the episode: ✔️ Practical ESG receives tons of positive feedback and aims to cut through the fluff and marketing. ✔️ With an expert advisory board, PracticalESG has had in-depth contributions on climate issues, investor perspectives, corporate culture, and how they all relate to a successful ESG program. ✔️ Just recently, the ISSB has made public a new multi-jurisdictional working group of regulatory agencies in the accounting and securities arenas for a number of countries. ✔️ Convergence is the process of establishing standards as regulatory. When IFRS adopts a standard, it isn’t automatically established as regulatory. Countries must go through legal and administrative processes to make them enforceable. FASB is responsible for this function in US jurisdiction. ✔️ The SEC’s proposed framework has three scopes: direct emissions, third-party emissions, and supply chain emissions. ✔️ Lawrence Heim notes a potential misunderstanding in the SEC proposal: CO2 emissions reporting by companies to EPA is limited to operations that emit 25,000 tons of CO2 annually – either directly from their locations or as a result of third-party combustion of the products manufactured (such as gasoline). EPA’s CO2 emissions reporting will not ease the proposed SEC emissions calculation burden for companies that are below the EPA threshold. ✔️ Manage and track responses to information requests in your organization. With receptionists, monitor how they reply to more technical questions and equip them with the right tools and know-how. Lawrence Heim is the Editor of CCRCorp’s ESG platform, <a href="http://PracticalESG.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PracticalESG.com</a>, where he shares insights based on over 35 years of supporting companies in environmental, health &amp; safety compliance and management. He’s led various types of non-financial audits, designed corrective action programs and helped implement sustainability programs. He spent nearly a decade in-house at a Fortune 150 manufacturer and went on to help create the Global Environmental Risk Consulting Practice at Marsh USA. Later, Lawrence founded &amp; led the Sustainability practice at Elm Consulting Group, and most recently, he led the development of supply chain due diligence standards at the Responsible Business Alliance/Responsible Minerals Initiative. When the SEC’s conflict minerals rules were under consideration, Lawrence was the only non-financial auditor selected to give testimony to the Commission. In 2018, he published the book “<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/killing-sustainability/9780692998564" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Killing Sustainability</a>.” Lawrence also sits on the board of <a href="https://www.assetcampaign.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ASSET</a>, a non-profit anti-slavery organization.---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have a podcast (or do you want to)? Join the only network dedicated to compliance, risk management, and business ethics, the Compliance Podcast Network. For more information, contact Tom Fox at tfox@tfoxlaw.com.

Practical ESG That Cuts Through The Fluff With Lawrence Heim

Lawrence Heim, the editor of PracticalESG.com, has been working in environmental sustainability for over 30 years, moving from one area of the industry to another and developing a deep knowledge of the space. PracticalESG.com is designed to help professionals approach program development, program implementation and disclosure, as well as understanding the basics from a practical point of view. He and Tom discuss how legal work led to a passion for ESG, and the HBR paper that changed his whole way of thinking. (Green and Competitive) It was in the late 80’s and early 90’s that meaningful linkages between environmental management and business value started to be made, and that is where today’s guest found his stride in the industry.A Risk Management FocusTom asked how Lawrence’s experience has helped him create a risk management focus on ESG. Lawrence explains how he didn’t know a thing about what risk management really was. Even today, he is of the opinion that most people don’t really understand what risk is. It’s critical that ESG professionals discuss and work alongside traditional risk management folks, or different terms, definitions, and benchmarks are going to be in play, which is really ESG shooting itself in the foot in terms of credibility.Changes over the PandemicTom points out that the pandemic has really focused attention on supply chains and procurement, and the importance of responsible sourcing. Lawrence explains how this has been an evolution over time, starting in the garment and textile sectors, and how public as well as corporate awareness started to shift the needle. The Rana Plaza incident and the rulings around conflict minerals have really advanced the conversation. They also discuss what changes have happened internally in organizations over the pandemic – particularly the impact on how companies are treating employees.Too Much InformationGetting started in ESG can be overwhelming because there is a huge amount of information, much of it conflicting. Lawrence recommends that people just begin reading and learning, but remaining skeptical, and being on the lookout for contradictory information. Learning which sources you can trust, and which have the best reputation takes time, but if you start broad, and remain skeptical, you will start to gain a full understanding.Long Term ESG StrategyLawrence gives his thoughts and predictions about what the coming years will mean for ESG – he posits that ESG is going to become fully integrated in organizations, rather than a standalone issue. He further posits that if companies aren’t considering water use and availability now, they should be.ResourcesLawrence Heim: LinkedIn | PracticalESG.Com | Lheim@Ccorp.com Green and Competitive – HBR ArticleKilling Sustainability

Lawrence Heim, the editor of <a href="http://PracticalESG.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PracticalESG.com</a>, has been working in environmental sustainability for over 30 years, moving from one area of the industry to another and developing a deep knowledge of the space. <a href="http://PracticalESG.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PracticalESG.com</a> is designed to help professionals approach program development, program implementation and disclosure, as well as understanding the basics from a practical point of view. He and Tom discuss how legal work led to a passion for ESG, and the HBR paper that changed his whole way of thinking. (Green and Competitive) It was in the late 80’s and early 90’s that meaningful linkages between environmental management and business value started to be made, and that is where today’s guest found his stride in the industry.A Risk Management FocusTom asked how Lawrence’s experience has helped him create a risk management focus on ESG. Lawrence explains how he didn’t know a thing about what risk management really was. Even today, he is of the opinion that most people don’t really understand what risk is. It’s critical that ESG professionals discuss and work alongside traditional risk management folks, or different terms, definitions, and benchmarks are going to be in play, which is really ESG shooting itself in the foot in terms of credibility.Changes over the PandemicTom points out that the pandemic has really focused attention on supply chains and procurement, and the importance of responsible sourcing. Lawrence explains how this has been an evolution over time, starting in the garment and textile sectors, and how public as well as corporate awareness started to shift the needle. The Rana Plaza incident and the rulings around conflict minerals have really advanced the conversation. They also discuss what changes have happened internally in organizations over the pandemic – particularly the impact on how companies are treating employees.Too Much InformationGetting started in ESG can be overwhelming because there is a huge amount of information, much of it conflicting. Lawrence recommends that people just begin reading and learning, but remaining skeptical, and being on the lookout for contradictory information. Learning which sources you can trust, and which have the best reputation takes time, but if you start broad, and remain skeptical, you will start to gain a full understanding.Long Term ESG StrategyLawrence gives his thoughts and predictions about what the coming years will mean for ESG – he posits that ESG is going to become fully integrated in organizations, rather than a standalone issue. He further posits that if companies aren’t considering water use and availability now, they should be.ResourcesLawrence Heim: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceheim/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://practicalesg.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PracticalESG.Com</a> | <a href="mailto:Lheim@Ccorp.com">Lheim@Ccorp.com</a> <a href="https://hbr.org/1995/09/green-and-competitive-ending-the-stalemate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green and Competitive – HBR Article</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Sustainability-Lawrence-Heim-ebook/dp/B07964W85T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Killing Sustainability</a>

ESG For the Long Term with Lawrence Heim