David partners with corporate boards, executives, and investors to develop high-impact sustainability strategies. As part of BSR’s Transformation team, he co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability.
Having previously led BSR'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 BSR’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 ESG for emerging public companies and responsible investment policies for private equity firms.
Before joining BSR, David worked in strategy and management consulting at Bain & Company.
David holds a BA in History from Amherst College.
Insights From David Korngold
- Racing Past the Crossroads: How Sustainability Leaders Can Reassert Ambition / October 31, 2024 / Blog
- The CSO at a Crossroads: Three Paths Forward for Sustainability 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+
- BSR 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 Sustainability 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 Sustainability / 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 Sustainability Governance / September 1, 2022 / Blog
- Activating Directors on Sustainability: Six Questions for Your Board / July 6, 2022 / Blog
- Turning Ambition into Action: Principles That Guide BSR’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
- Sustainability Focus Is Getting More Ingrained in Corporate Ecosystems / Bloomberg / August 24, 2017 / News
- Evolution in Private Equity ESG: From Policies and Efficiency to Impact / March 17, 2017 / Blog
- Can a Company Ever Claim to Be Making a Better World? / Guardian Sustainable Business / August 24, 2016 / News
- A ‘Net Positive’ Future Is Within Reach: Introducing the Net Positive Project / June 7, 2016 / Blog
- Can IT Help Companies Achieve ‘Net Positive’ Environmental Impact? / Environmental Leader / April 20, 2016 / News
- From Sense to Sustainability: Four Lessons on Assessing the Impacts of Technology / March 30, 2016 / Blog
- Dispatch from CES: 5 Hot Tech Trends and the Implications for Sustainability / January 13, 2016 / Blog
- The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Corporate Strategy? Sustainability / 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 Sustainability: Five Lessons From Private Equity / October 2, 2012 / Blog
- Open for Business: The ‘Four Cs’ of Integrated Strategy / July 31, 2012 / Blog
- Five Merits of Sustainability Reporting for Management / July 7, 2011 / Blog