Today, the world is intimately connected, but more disconnected than ever before: the repercussions of technology have instigated loneliness and social cascades, people are afraid of AI taking away their jobs, technology shifts have impacted the workforce on countless levels, we’re experiencing food insecurity like never before, the list goes on. As business drives capital toward things that are not necessarily good for society and ignores problems that have been ever-present that we have yet to solve, sustainable growth becomes difficult.

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Last year, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world feared a collapse of the global food system. The war did end up triggering a food crisis, leading to rising hunger and soaring food prices. Yet one of the bright spots of 2022 was that the international community came together to prevent a full-blown meltdown of the world’s food system. In short, 2022 was bad, but it could have been much worse.

Yesterday I was on an awesome panel with colleagues from JP Morgan and Kimberly Clark to discuss ESG in the context of the #NorthAmericanWay. We are all gathered here in Mexico City for the US Mexico Foundation’s Inaugural North Capital Forum. For many, the concept of ESG is mind numbing, and in my experience C-suite executives and board members can often tense up when discussing the issues surrounding ESG because it is quite involved. My goal on the panel was to simplify the ESG concepts and process for the audience.