Ep. 9: ”Why do Companies with Sustainable Business Practices Succeed?” Joanna Pydo, Investor Relations, and ESG Strategist
In today’s business world, being responsible for the environment and society is no longer an optional extra. When it comes to the attributes we value in companies, sustainability is moving higher and higher. What lies at the heart of sustainably conscious companies? Why do Companies with Sustainable Business Practices Succeed? Topics: sustainable companies, sustainable business practices, ESG data. Guest: Joanna Pydo, Investor Relations, and ESG Strategist, trusted Advisor to Board Members and Owners with 15 years capital markets experience in the following sectors: technology (software – SaaS, TSL, IoT, Blockchain, Fintech, Gaming), ICT distribution, energy/utilities (RES, energy distribution), wood-based panel industry and building materials, minerals and mining, healthcare (Medtech and Healthcare Services), real-estate (residentials), Private Equity and Private Debt. She has management experience with international multi-entity structures, and she has engaged in the numerous IPO, SPO, M&A, debt issuance, and refinancing transactions. Degrees in Finance and Banking from the University of Economics in Poznan, Poland, and Master of Arts in Global Political Economy at the University in Kassel, Germany. She participated in executive training such as ‘Strategy implementation, Business development, Business Design, and Innovation management by the TUM School of Management and ‘Private Equity and Venture Capital by the SDA Bocconi School of Management. Since 2019, Mentor to technology startups at the MIT Enterprise Forum CEE – program affiliated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a voluntary expert at the Social Impact Alliance for CEE. Since 2021, an Expert at the Climate Leadership powered by UN Environment - programme organized by the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre. In August 2017, after a decade working as an inhouse IR Officer, I decided start my own boutique advisory and integrate ESG into investor relations. She successfully develops comprehensive global investor relations programs by taking a company strategy, corporate governance, and ESG factors, and turning it into a persuasive investment case in line with local and international regulations and best practices. Since then, I’ve been advising companies on Environmental, Social, and Governance strategies, ESG reporting, and ESG storytelling to capital markets. I educate and bring awareness about ESG to C-Suite Executives, IR Officers, and Corporate Communications Department through strategic and operational ESG training and advice about increasing shareholders' activism in the environmental, and social area, and issue management (crisis communications). Last year started with two other co-founders, a technology startup to build the best analytical tool to support business and management decisions in the ESG landscape and to transform environmental and social-economic data into a competitive advantage for business strategy and value creation for stakeholders – we are in the stealth mode and happy to talk how technology been changing ESG landscape and how ESG data is critical for corporates, private market, and financial analysts in unlocking long-term value and opportunity to grow the economy in new and diverse ways. Privately, last 20 years vegan, passionate about longevity, and love activities such as sailing.
