Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF)
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YISF Symposium 2018: State of ESG Disclosure Standards
Friday, November 2, 2018, 8:30 a.m. — 3:45 p.m.
Yale School of Management
165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
Papers and presentations from the Symposium can be accessed here.
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Agenda:
08:30: Coffee 4400 Concourse
09:00: Welcome & Conversation on the State of ESG Standards Classroom 2400
- Dan Esty, YISF
9:30 – 10:45: Breakout Sessions
Breakout A: History of ESG Metrics – how we got to where we are Classroom 4400
Moderator: Todd Bridges, ESG Research and Development at State Street Global Advisors
- Judith Stroehle, Oxford University – The social origins of ESG? An analysis of Innovest and KLD
- Todd Cort & Dan Esty, YISF – ESG Standards: Looming Challenges and Pathways Forward
- Ariane de Vienne, ISS-oekom – Materiality in ESG
Breakout B: New data framing Classroom 4410
Moderator: Amanda Wallace, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Decio Nascimento, Richmond Global Compass – Industry Classification and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Standards
- Dinah A. Koehler, UBS Asset Management; Ramon Sanchez, Harvard School of Public Health – Breaking Away: new data and models to improve investment in corporate sustainability
- Nancy Cole, Union of Concerned Scientists – Improving Oil and Gas Sector Climate Disclosures
10:45: Break, coffee 4400 Concourse
11:15 – 12:30: Breakout Sessions
Breakout A: ESG Data for Private Equity Classroom 4410
Moderator: Anadi Jauhari, Senior Managing Director and Founder, Energy and Environment Investment Group LLC
- Hanneke Mol, Arcadis – Cash with a Conscience: Developments in the Field of Private Equity
- Rosemary Ripley, Managing Director at NGEN
Breakout B: Impact of ESG Investing Classroom 4400
Moderator: Timothy Dunn, CFA, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Terra Alpha Investments LLC
- Falko Paetzold, University of Zurich – Beyond Returns: Evaluating the Social and Environmental Impact of Sustainable Investing
- Jim Hawley and Himani Phadke, TruValue Labs – ESG Outcomes and SDG Externalities: Evaluating the Health Care Sector’s Contribution to the SDGs
12:30: Lunch 4400 Concourse
1:15 – 2:30: Breakout Sessions
Breakout A: TCFD Classroom 4410
Moderator: Todd Cort
- Erik Landry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – The Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures: Design Decisions in the Context of ESG Reporting Standards
- Hui Wen Chan, Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at Citi
- Jim Coburn, Senior Manager, Disclosure at Ceres
Breakout B: Liability and ESG Disclosure Classroom 4400
Moderator: David Hackett, Partner, Baker McKenzie
- Diane Strauss, YISF – Corporate Sustainability Disclosures in American Case Law: Purposeful or Mere “Puffery”?
- Jean Rogers, Founder of SASB
2:30: Break, coffee 4400 Concourse
2:45: Briefing: The regulatory efforts of the European Commission Classroom 2400
for Sustainable Finance
- Manuel Coeslier, Portfolio Manager at Mirova and member of the European Commission's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance
3:15: Wrap-up, plenary session Classroom 2400
- Todd Cort, YISF
3:45: Close
Event Logistics:
New Haven Hotel Reservations:
*Hotel reservations must be made before October 19th.
New Haven Walking Maps:
- The Study to School of Management,
- The Omni to School of Management,
- Parking Instructions & Walking Map to School of Management.
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