# Bridging the Divide of ESG: Linking Business and the Legal & Risk Ecosystem

![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_image/public/Screen%20Shot%202021-01-14%20at%209.33.25%20AM_0.png?itok=hLGP29Vb)  Wednesday, February 3, 2021 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM  Zoom [Register Here for Online Panel](https://paulweiss.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ur8bY3AmTQmcLJwRkTu7DQ)

**Facilitator:**
**David Curran**, *Chief Sustainability & ESG Officer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP*

**Featured Speakers:**
**Paula Loop**, *Assurance Partner & Leader; PwC’s Governance Insights Center, PricewaterhouseCoopers*
**Tensie Whelan**, *Clinical Professor of Business and Society, and Director, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business*
**Michael Zuckert**, *General Counsel, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group*

Our conversation will contemplate the following questions: How can we use environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles to bridge this gap? What are the risks organizations take by not coordinating their business and legal objectives in regards to ESG? How can stakeholders help organizations to reexamine their ESG commitments and values, and to ensure that they implement the practices and procedures necessary to meet such commitments?