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Summary
As we kick off 2025, much of the optimism and concern of 2024 continues, with markets seeking clarity
on the energy transition, climate risk, and sustainability opportunities.
Join our first Beyond ESG webinar of the new year to unpack key trends, including:
- The ongoing energy trilemma of balancing sustainability, affordability, and security
- Financing climate adaptation and resilience activities
- Cutting-edge decarbonization strategies and the role of global carbon markets
- Evolution of disclosure standards and the impact of this on companies and investors
Registering will allow you to join the live webinar or receive the replay shortly after the conversation has concluded.
Speakers
S&P Global Ratings
Beth Burks
Director of Sustainable Finance
Beth Burks is a Director of Sustainable Finance at S&P Global Ratings – the international credit rating agency and one of the largest providers of information
Beth Burks is a Director of Sustainable Finance at S&P Global Ratings – the international credit rating agency and one of the largest providers of information to inform debt capital markets. In her role, Beth develops, conducts and oversees the analysis of the environment, social, and governance (ESG) performance of corporations accessing the financial capital markets. This includes both analyzing the ESG factors of performance that influence credit quality (the probability of default), and impact on stakeholders that could lead to future financial impacts on these companies. Beth is the lead analyst for EMEA covering all Sustainable Finance evaluations including Second Party Opinions. Beth is one of the architects of S&P Ratings ESG Evaluation, a one of a kind assessment of a company’s ESG strategy and ability to prepare for potential future risks and opportunities.
Beth is one of S&P Global’s team of delegates that participates annually in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference of parties (UNFCCC COP). Her research primarily focuses on net zero targets, water risk, and the social implications of climate change. Investment Week nominated her paper on spatial finance in the Thought Leadership category of its Sustainable & ESG Investments Awards 2020. This paper quantitatively linked satellite data on ecosystems to the debt metrics of water utilities in the United States. She holds an MSc Geographical Information Science from Birkbeck College, and a BSc Mathematics from Imperial College in London. Born to British parents, she grew up in Belgium and South Korea.
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Lotte Griek
Global Head of Sustainability Research, Research & Development
Lotte Griek is Head of ESG Research Solutions, overseeing the build out of innovative ESG data sets and manages the Corporate Sustainability Assessment that underpins the S&P Global ESG scores that underpin a broad range of ESG Indices as well powering the ESG products offered by the various S&P Global divisions.
Lotte Griek is Head of ESG Research Solutions, overseeing the build out of innovative ESG data sets and manages the Corporate Sustainability Assessment that underpins the S&P Global ESG scores that underpin a broad range of ESG Indices as well powering the ESG products offered by the various S&P Global divisions.
Based out of Zurich, Switzerland, she manages a team of over 200 analysts operating in S&P hubs across the globe. She is a member of the ESG Methodology Committee at S&P and sits on the S&P Dow Jones Index Committee. Lotte has extensive experience working with corporates on improving sustainable business practices and has worked diligently with investors on integrating ESG data into their investment processes.
Lotte brings along more than 15 years of experience in sustainability research & ESG ratings. Prior to joining the SAM team at S&P over 3 years ago, she was Head of Sustainability Research at the Swiss ESG Ratings provider Inrate AG from 2016 to 2018. Before that, Lotte held the position of ESG Research Manager at Sustainalytics. Lotte is a regular speaker at international conferences on sustainability and leads workshops with stock exchanges, responsible investors and corporations on ESG, sustainable investing and corporate sustainability practices.
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Roman Kramarchuk
S&P Global Platts
Head Energy Scenarios, Policy & Technology Analytics
Roman Kramarchuk leads efforts at Platt to analyze the impacts of the energy transition – driven by policy changes and technology advancements – on the energy
Roman Kramarchuk leads efforts at Platts to analyze the impacts of the energy transition – driven by policy changes and technology advancements – on the energy sector and energy market outlooks, with a special focus on clean energy (i.e. carbon markets, hydrogen, stationary storage, electric vehicles/alternative transport, renewables, etc.). He oversees the Platts Analytics Future Energy Outlooks – advising clients on energy transition and long term energy market views (including 2 degree scenarios) – and has led the GHG and North American Environmental Markets Services – offering insights into environmental markets & policies.
Prior to joining PIRA, now part of S&P Global Platts, he was at the U.S. EPA, developing key power plant and industrial emissions regulations at the Clean Air Markets Division. With both PG&E NEG and PA Consulting / PHB Hagler Bailly, he evaluated strategies regarding fuel choice, capital investments and trading. Roman also worked on international projects to develop power markets and regulatory capacity in the former Soviet Union and India. At the Federal Reserve Board, Roman analyzed trends in industrial production.
He has an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.A. in economics and B.S.E. in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Lindsey Hall
Head of ESG Thought Leadership
Lindsey Hall is Head of ESG Thought Leadership at S&P Global Sustainable1, where she co-hosts the ESG Insider podcast and is a steering member of S&P Global's Diversity Research Lab.
Lindsey Hall is Head of ESG Thought Leadership at S&P Global Sustainable1, where she co-hosts the ESG Insider podcast and is a steering member of S&P Global's Diversity Research Lab.
She got her start in financial journalism writing for various Financial Times publications in London before joining SNL Financial in 2010, where she spent a decade covering financial news and regulation as a reporter and editor.
Lindsey holds a Masters from the London School of Economics.
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