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title: Benchmarking Company Performance and CSR Practices
description: Bard MBA student spoke with Forough to discuss how CTI educates Afghan women with programming skills and empowers them to add unique value to their communities.
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# [Benchmarking Company Performance and CSR Practices](https://leadthechange.bard.edu/podcast/benchmarking-company-performance)

 Written by [Bahar Gidwani, CSRHub](https://leadthechange.bard.edu/podcast/author/bahar-gidwani-csrhub) | Feb 1, 2018 6:41:53 PM

Bahar shared his thoughts on the evolution of ESG metrics and the potential of “dark data” to drive greater transparency in corporate sustainability. His years of experience running large technology-based businesses and his work on Wall Street informed his discussion of data and corporate sustainability reporting. 

*Reagan Richmond of Bard's MBA in Sustainability spoke with [Bahar Gidwani](https://www.greenbiz.com/users/bahar-gidwani), [CSRhub](https://www.csrhub.com/) CEO and Cofounder. Gidwani shared his thoughts on the evolution of ESG metrics and the potential of uncovering “dark data” to drive greater transparency in corporate sustainability. *

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