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Josh Gehlen

Josh Gehlen

Josh Geelan is a KPMG Australia partner and Global Lead for ESG, Mid-Market & Private Enterprise, appearing as a guest on the ESG Voices podcast on social license in private enterprise.

Sep 2, 2026

ESG voices

ESG voices

The importance of social license in private enterprise

Sep 2 · 19m

speaker_0HOST
6:19
Is social license something you earn once or something that has to be continually renewed?
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:25
This is a really great question.
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:27
And I think about this as a capital or in other words, like an asset.
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:31
So like all assets, you presumably start with nothing.
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:35
You have to build or buy your assets up over time.
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:38
And like all assets, it should then generate a return.
Josh Gehlen
Josh GehlenGUEST
6:41
It can be sold, I suppose, or it can be traded.
speaker_0HOST
8:53
Josh, anything you'd like to add here?

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