George Dallas and Mike Lubrano: Governance, Stewardship & Sustainability.

Welcome to the Boardroom Governance Podcast. I’m your host, Evan Epstein. In this episode, I talk with George Dallas and Mike Lubrano. George is the Head of Content at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and former Policy Director at the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). Mike is a Managing Director of Valoris Stewardship Catalysts and former Managing Director of Corporate Governance and Sustainability at Cartica Management, LLC. In this podcast, we talk about their book “Governance, Stewardship and Sustainability” and how they define and think about stewardship, sustainability and ESG. We discuss methodologies, evidence and other related matters including the Volkswagen Dieselgate case study. We also talk about international corporate governance distinctions from regions such as the UK, Europe and Latin America, including matters such as cross-listings, ADRs, activism and engagement between controlling shareholders and minority investors. We also address the anti-ESG trend, the politicization of governance in the US and large asset managers passing-through voting power to beneficial owners. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com