ESG & VC Specialist
We've explored the regulators, LPs and asset owners pushing for ESG in venture capital. What about the founders? Join Johannes Lenhard as he explores the different attitudes between founders, incumbent VC investors and new-generation VC investors when it comes to ESG.
We've explored the regulators, LPs and asset owners pushing for ESG in venture capital. What about the founders? Join Johannes Lenhard as he explores the different attitudes between founders, incumbent VC investors and new-generation VC investors when it comes to ESG.
7 mins 41 secs
Founders are increasingly riding a general wave of societal shifts towards better business. ESG can be seen as an added requirement or distraction from the goal of survival. However, recent scandals from Uber, Facebook, WeWork, Deliveroo have highlighted the need for stricter considerations of ESG principles. In Europe, VC investors are increasingly aligned around the fact that ESG can’t just be a regulatory requirement. In the US however, heavyweight VCs are so far bluntly not interested in ESG.
Key learning objectives:
Outline how founders are pushing ESG
Understand how incumbent and new investors are pushing ESG