The Connection Between Compliance and “EESG” and What the Boeing Decision Means for Boards

On October 21, over 100 ESG Center members and invited guests attended an exclusive Center Briefing with former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo Strine, Jr. and his colleagues Sarah Eddy and David Katz from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz on the connection between corporate compliance and, as Wachtell emphatically phrases it, ‘EESG’ – with the extra E standing for employees.

As Wachtell noted, any good corporate compliance program should ensure that the board of directors is fulfilling its Caremark responsibilities not only to implement a system to manage the risks facing the company but also to monitor that system. So, in addition to dis