THE 8 BEST LINKEDIN GROUPS FOR ESG PROFESSIONALS
In addition to poring over financials, investors are now placing more importance than ever on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when deciding whether to invest in a company. The corporate world is now willingly taking on more responsibility for maintaining our global wellbeing, making ESG a more common consideration during the investment process. Investor relations teams and ESG professionals are charting new paths forward in terms of finding ways for companies to make an impact and to have important conversations. With ESG continuing to grow in importance, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of our favorite ESG communities on LinkedIn so you can stay at the forefront of the conversation:
Corporate Social Responsibility CSR & Sustainable Development
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the closely related predecessor of ESG and this is one of the largest CSR groups on LinkedIn. This is a global community that brings industry practitioners together to discuss ideas and share experiences around environmental, social and employee engagement. You’ll even see posts about upcoming events and some job postings.
This group is more than 40,000 members strong and is made up of industry leaders, investors, analysts, academics, and representatives from both government and NGOs. This global community was formed to discuss responsible investing, social responsibility, impact investing and environmental sustainability.
Corporate Social Responsibility Network
The Corporate Social Responsibility Network was created to develop opportunities for CSR practitioners to collaborate. This group seeks to improve the CSR discipline by evaluating existing models and identifying areas for growth at the national and global level. Group members can share and discuss upcoming events, post employment opportunities, seek employment and post CSR-related news.
Governance Risk & Compliance Management
This community is focused on the core domains of governance, risk, and compliance. The members in this group share and converse about environmental news, politics, hiring reports, and risk management. This group allows members to stay up to date on current conversations in the public space surrounding governance and corporate responsibility. Group membership includes highly respected professionals across various industries with a wealth of experience and knowledge.
Renewables and Environment: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Green Business
This group is all about the discussion of renewable energies. Topics include the latest trends in solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity, biomass, biofuels, and ocean power. In the face of climate change, this group seeks to identify and encourage sustainable business practices like green tech, low carbon transport, company recycling programs, clean tech and smart grids.
ESG 3.0 - Data | Net Zero | Ratings
ESG 3.0 is an open forum to discuss and share ideas relating to impact investing, impact accounting, and ESG. The original intention of the group was to focus on Waste and Energy topics, but there is increased need for investors and companies to address their environmental impact. This group encourages discussion of renewable energy and environmentally friendly business practices with the hope of driving investment dollars toward high-impact opportunities. This is a gathering place for investors, entrepreneurs, technology providers, and ESG professionals who are interested in helping our environment by promoting environmentally friendly projects for companies, cities, and municipalities.
CSRwire & 3BL: Corporate Responsibility & Triple Bottom Line News
Operated by 3BLMedia.com, a leading content distributor of CSR and sustainability news, this group seeks to bring together innovative professionals in the corporate responsibility world to promote the growth of social impact and sustainability programs in businesses through solutions-based information, strategic communication, and positive examples of corporate practices. Members discuss news, events, job growth and industry changes that are moving the needle on business done better.
The ESG Professionals group is only for ESG professionals providing advice to clients on ESG investing. Its members include leaders from across many industries, regulatory bodies, and NGOs as well as investment and research firms. This group aims to be a significant voice in the ESG, social responsibility, and impact investing communities and is a place for its members to share ideas and transfer knowledge.
ESG is gaining in prominence and importance and its practitioners are being tasked with making changes to the way we do business that will have impact on our communities well into the future. These online LinkedIn communities provide well-needed support for ESG professionals and can help companies accelerate innovation through the free exchange of ideas.
