We are launching a new interview series to discuss responsible investing from a variety of different perspectives - investment, legal, regulatory, consulting, quantitative, fundamental...and much more.

The first interview is with Jeff Cohen of the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board - or SASB for short.

His organization's mission is to establish industry-specific disclosure standards across environmental, social, and governance topics that facilitate communication between companies and investors about financially material, decision-useful information.

Jeff gives us some historical perspective and explains how investors can use their multifaceted Materiality Map to evaluate companies in a consistent manner within specific sectors and industries.