William Foster is a managing partner at Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting firm. Bridgespan Group aims to develop world-class metrics that cut through the noise of the ESG debate and drive real change on the ground.
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“The potential for private equity firms is that they can really set the best-in-class standards,” William says.
Today is dry powderI asked William what a best-in-class measure looks like and how it creates huge opportunities on the social front.
“There are a huge number of scales for what people consider to be on the 'S' side,” William says. “It's about livelihoods, it's about increasing wages, it's about health measures, it's about productive efforts over the years. Lives saved and mortality rates are things that people care about very much.”
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