Herbert is an independent shareholder advocate, and a pioneer in the field beginning in the 90s when he served on the national governing board with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). He talks in detail about the engagement process and how to convert an adversarial approach into a conversation that brings results, including working […]
Lalit talks about Rocky Mountain Institute’s new Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, which is bringing the financial sector to the table to evaluate how to bring their portfolios into alignment with a zero-carbon future. The Center is collaborating with Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and other partners to develop an engagement […]
Lay co-creates investment strategies like the Women’s Economic Empowerment Bond Fund and SheSyndicate Foundation to bridge global gender gaps in impact partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund and Equileap. She brings capital, human endeavor and innovation together in partnerships dedicated to women’s economic empowerment.
Davidson explains how those corporations with good customer relationships and more sustainable corporate cultures pre-pandemic are more resilient during the pandemic, starting at the Board level and including a strong investment in their employees.
Program recorded May 7, 2020: Lang explains how governments, international and local banking systems, are working with Sustainalytics’ Sustainable Finance Solutions to issue sustainability bonds and loans to address two areas that are being particularly hard hit by COVID-19: Health Care and Socio-economic Impact Mitigation. She notes that the recent uptick in social bond issuance […]
A Forbes Top Next Gen Wealth Advisor and 2nd generation Managing Partner in the practice founded by her mother, Brown works with institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals. As co-chair of the Consulting Group Advisory Council at Morgan Stanley, Brown regularly speaks and writes about practice management for financial advisors. We also talked […]
The Terra Impact Fund uses private equity capital to target growth of sustainable technologies across multiple economic sectors in the US and Latin America, like ecotourism, sustainable agriculture, and waste-to-biofuel energy. We talked about their innovative partnership: Saxton finds new opportunities and Savoldelli provides the infrastructure to manage and scale up the new businesses. For […]
Envision Solar International produces sustainable technology innovations for EV charging, outdoor media, and energy security. Wheatley explains how Envision’s portable charging stations are completely self-contained, and require no permits, installation or customer contact during delivery.
Trucost is the sustainability analytics division of S&P. In 2019 March and her team did the first analysis of S&P Global using TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) metrics to look at S&P Global’s physical and transition risks related to climate change. March discusses the findings.
Minority women are responsible for 40% of consumer spending in the U.S., but they make up only 2% of corporate board membership. Wong, a retired partner with KPMG, works with numerous high powered gender and minority focused nonprofits to advocate for bringing more diversity into the boardroom.