Friday, October 22, 2021
10am-11:30am CST (Chicago)
​3pm-4:30pm GMT (London)
The Business Morning is part of the IVBEC Registrant package, but a ticket to attend this webinar can be purchased independently of the full Conference. 
ESG Funds and
​Benefit Corporations:
Can the Market Enforce Ethics?
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Co-sponsored by
Michael Frerichs
State treasurer
​of Illinois
Treasurer Frerichs serves as the Chief Investment and Banking Officer for the state of Illinois and actively manages approximately $32 billon in state funds. As a former Illinois State Senator, he sponsored the Illinois Benefit Corporation Act and Sustainable Investing Act. As Treasurer since 2014, he has implemented a sustainability investment strategy called "Raising The Bar" and is committed to an ESG focused philosophy for Illinois funds. ​
Leo Strine, Jr.
Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court (retired)
​Chief Justice Strine retired from the court in 2019 and is currently Of Counsel at Watchell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz. He has published extensively about the potential for benefit corporations to increase corporate accountability and authored Toward Fair and Sustainable Capitalism, a treatise that calls for sweeping corporate reform, including the role that institutional investors play in corporate governance.
Michael Dorff, PhD
Panel Moderator
Michael & Jessica Downer Chair, 
SouthWestern Law School
  Professor Dorff is the  Director of the Technology and Entrepreneurship Program at Southwestern Law School and his research focuses primarily on corporate governance (especially executive compensation), corporate purpose, social enterprise, and the philosophy of law and economics. He is published in Harvard Business Law Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and many other publications. He is also publishing a book on benefit corporations.