University Essentials Business Sustainability Goals and Climate Action
Date:
Monday, October 24, 2022
Location:
On-Demand
Duration:
60 minutes
Seven years ago, the Paris Climate Change Agreement was signed by 195 countries, signaling a shift in the public and private sector consensus on environmental, social and governance issues. In the absence of a singular global standard, the private sector response to implementing change to achieve reduced emissions, advancing social equity and improving transparency has grown, with sustainability reporting, science-based carbon targets, pledges for net zero emissions and racial inequity edicts going mainstream.
Join S&P Global Market Intelligence for an interactive discussion with experts from across our divisions to address the long-term effects of these emerging ESG trends and their implications for business and sustainability research. Attendees of this webinar will gain insights into the following:
Are current sustainable pathways feasible and tied to business growth?
How can companies align portfolios with carbon targets
Ways to identify best efforts to balance sustainability: Risk vs. Impact
Standardizing diversity pathways and seats at the table – probability vs. practice
Rachanna HaffnerGlobal Academic Solutions & US Government Lead in the Market Development, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Rachanna Haffner is Global Academic Solutions & US Government Lead in the Market Development division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio
Rachanna Haffner is Global Academic Solutions & US Government Lead in the Market Development division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. With over 17 years’ experience working with Public Sector clients, she focuses on delivering & enhancing financial data and tools for research and learning at Universities and Government agencies through product development, thought leadership and market growth. Minimize
Speakers
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Esther WhieldonSenior Writer and Co-Host of ESG Insider Podcast, S&P Global Sustainable1
Esther Whieldon is a Senior Writer on the S&P Global Sustainable1 Thought Leadership Team and co-host of the S&P Global podcast ESG Insider. Full Bio
Esther Whieldon is a Senior Writer on the S&P Global Sustainable1 Thought Leadership Team and co-host of the S&P Global podcast ESG Insider. Esther has worked at S&P Global for 14 years and was previously a Senior Reporter in the S&P Global Market Intelligence newsroom where she wrote about climate change, ESG and energy issues. Prior, Esther worked two years as a reporter at Politico and spent several years before that in the S&P Global Platts energy newsroom in Washington, D.C. Esther earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Maryland. Minimize
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Grey LeeRegional ESG Specialist, S&P Global Sustainable1
Grey Lee is a seasoned sustainability executive working in ESG coming from the commercial real estate sector. At Sustainable1, he manages relationships to Full Bio
Grey Lee is a seasoned sustainability executive working in ESG coming from the commercial real estate sector. At Sustainable1, he manages relationships to bring ESG metrics into corporate strategy, harnessing the power of financially-adjacent information to accelerate progress, mitigate risks, and find new opportunities. He has worked as a high-performance building consultant and the Executive Director of USGBC Massachusetts (now Built Environment+). Lee teaches two courses at Harvard Extension on high performance and healthy buildings. He is a founding member of the Green Building Mountaineering Club and sits on the board of Speak for the Trees, Boston, an urban social equity advocacy organization. Lee lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife and son Minimize
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Dr. Chris HughenAssociate Professor of Finance, University of Denver
Chris has his PhD in Finance and has published 13 peer-reviewed research articles in leading finance journals... Full Bio
Chris has his PhD in Finance and has published 13 peer-reviewed research articles in leading finance journals such as the Journal of Financial Research and Financial Management. His research has won awards from the CFP Board of Examiners, Academy of Financial Services and the Daniels College of Business. Minimize
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Dr. Cornelis Van der LugtSenior Manager ESG Research ICT, S&P Global Sustainable1
Dr. Cornelis T. van der Lugt is a Senior Manager in ESG Research, the Zurich-led team that manages the annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) as established by RobecoSAM in 1999. Full Bio
Dr. Cornelis T. van der Lugt is a Senior Manager in ESG Research, the Zurich-led team that manages the annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) as established by RobecoSAM in 1999. Pursuing a sectoral and industry-specific approach, these lay the foundation for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) - the family of best-in-class benchmarks for investors who have recognized that sustainable business practices are critical to generating long-term value and who wish to reflect their sustainability convictions in their investment portfolios.
Dr. van der Lugt was previously a Senior Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University Business School, South Africa, and Senior Associate at BSD Consulting, Switzerland. He has over 20 years of experience working at international level in the field of sustainability standards. As former representative of the UN Environment Programme and UN Global Compact he was deeply involved in developing industry initiatives and guidance standards such as the GRI and ISO 26000. His work has included developing guidance for managers and benchmarking ESG reports on good practices with partners such as SustainAbility, Standard & Poors, KPMG, World Resources Institute and AccountAbility. He holds a PhD from Stellenbosch University and Masters in Business Administration from the Haute Ecole de Commerce (HEC, Paris). Minimize
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