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Rethinking ESG with Jim Boyle: Saving the Enterprise in a World That Needs Saving
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In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Jim Boyle, CEO and founder of Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (SR Inc.), a Boston-based firm that has helped nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies advance toward sustainable high performance.
Boyle brings a rare trifecta of experience: high-level public service under Senator John Kerry and Vice President Al Gore, real estate advisory at Trammell Crow, and two decades leading corporate sustainability at SR Inc. That unique lens fuels a radically practical view of ESG. One that centers on long-term enterprise value, not virtue signaling.
In this conversation, Jim unpacks how corporate sustainability is often misunderstood and why defining ESG correctly makes it nearly impossible to attack. He argues that true sustainability is not about saving the world. It is about saving the company in a world that is rapidly changing.
You will learn:
- Why reverse auctions are transforming how mid-sized companies access utility-scale clean energy
- How the Net Zero Consortium for Buyers is leveling the playing field for high-credit corporate buyers
- What CFOs get wrong (and right) about long-term renewable energy contracts
- How solar, batteries, and geothermal are scaling at “the speed of business” despite headlines
- Why fusion energy may reach commercialization faster than small nuclear reactors
- What the next 15 years of corporate energy strategy could actually look like
Boyle also offers a powerful look at the economic shift from resource-based scarcity to manufacturing-based abundance. He calls this the core disruption behind the clean energy revolution.
This is a masterclass in how forward-thinking companies are integrating science, strategy, and structure to lead in a time of ecological crisis.
Links:
Wes Ashworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weslgs/
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