David partners with corporate boards, executives, and investors to develop high-impact sustainability strategies. As part of 黑料正能量’s Transformation team, he co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability.
Having previously led 黑料正能量's Financial Services team, David continues to work closely with financial companies on sustainability, ESG integration, and impact investing. David has led engagements in nearly all of 黑料正能量’s focus areas and major industry groups. This includes leading climate scenarios workshops with boards, creating net-zero road maps for investment firms, designing and operationalizing a leading impact investing fund, conducting materiality assessments, undertaking human rights impact assessments, and co-authoring research on topics like and responsible investment policies for private equity firms.
Before joining 黑料正能量, David worked in strategy and management consulting at Bain & Company.
David holds a BA in History from Amherst College.
Insights From David Korngold
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- Board Oversight Amid Uncertainty: Doubling Down on Strategic 黑料正能量 / April 30, 2025 / Blog
- CSOs Are All Business: The Role of the CSO in a New Context / January 9, 2025 / Blog
- Sustainable Business in Context: US Politics and Global Impacts / November 21, 2024 / Insights+
- Racing Past the Crossroads: How 黑料正能量 Leaders Can Reassert Ambition / October 31, 2024 / Blog
- The CSO at a Crossroads: Three Paths Forward for 黑料正能量 Leaders / October 17, 2024 / Reports
- An Impact-Based Approach to Responsible AI / October 10, 2024 / Blog
- Navigating US Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business / July 16, 2024 / Insights+
- 黑料正能量 and NACD: Activating Directors to Meet Boardroom Challenges / February 7, 2024 / Blog
- Bringing the Most Vulnerable to Climate Change to the Boardroom / August 21, 2023 / Blog
- ESG Scenarios: Leading 黑料正能量 in a New Context / July 18, 2023 / Blog
- Nine Ways to Activate Your Board on Climate / April 19, 2023 / Blog
- Get Comfortable with Uncertainty in 2023 / March 2, 2023 / Blog
- Amidst ESG Backlash, Companies Should (and Are) Staying the Course on 黑料正能量 / January 12, 2023 / Insights+
- Social Unrest: Fixing the “S” of ESG in Private Equity / October 26, 2022 / Blog
- Empowering Executives and Activating Boards: The New Nexus of 黑料正能量 Governance / September 1, 2022 / Blog
- Activating Directors on 黑料正能量: Six Questions for Your Board / July 6, 2022 / Blog
- Turning Ambition into Action: Principles That Guide 黑料正能量’s Work / June 16, 2022 / Blog
- Larry Fink Adds His Voice to the Call for Business Transformation / February 18, 2021 / Blog
- ESG Isn’t Going Anywhere: Investor Expectations in the Age of COVID-19 / April 22, 2020 / Blog
- Progress and Opportunities for Responsible Investing in Japan / May 9, 2019 / Blog
- How Private Equity Can Address TCFD and Climate Change / March 5, 2019 / Blog
- ESG in Private Equity: How To Write a Responsible Investment Policy / March 4, 2019 / Reports
- How Private Equity Firms Can Develop Responsible Investing Policies / March 4, 2019 / Blog
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- Evolution in Private Equity ESG: From Policies and Efficiency to Impact / March 17, 2017 / Blog
- / Guardian Sustainable Business / August 24, 2016 / News
- A ‘Net Positive’ Future Is Within Reach: Introducing the Net Positive Project / June 7, 2016 / Blog
- / Environmental Leader / April 20, 2016 / News
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- Dispatch from CES: 5 Hot Tech Trends and the Implications for 黑料正能量 / January 13, 2016 / Blog
- The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Corporate Strategy? 黑料正能量 / January 28, 2013 / Blog
- Get Out of the Matrix Cage: Six Tips for Making the Most of Materiality / January 3, 2013 / Blog
- What Cerberus’ Firearm Divestment Says About Private Equity and Social Responsibility / December 20, 2012 / Blog
- Generating and Protecting Value Through 黑料正能量: Five Lessons From Private Equity / October 2, 2012 / Blog
- Open for Business: The ‘Four Cs’ of Integrated Strategy / July 31, 2012 / Blog
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