Sustainability Leaders

Today we’re going to learn about a sustainability disclosure framework created by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). 

Our guest is Matthew Welch, President of SASB. Founded in 2011 to develop and disseminate sustainability accounting standards, SASB created a new approach to measuring and reporting standardized sustainability metrics, tied to financial materiality – rather than stakeholder conceptions of materiality used by other sustainability reporting frameworks. In 2018 SASB launched its finalized standards cutting across a wide number of industries. 

We’ll discuss how the SASB framework is being used, what it means for the future of sustainability disclosures, and why companies and investors should care. 

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In today’s episode, we'll learn about how the European Union is defining sustainability for investors and business. Our guest is Nathan Fabian, Rapporteur for the Taxonomy Group of the European Union Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance. The Taxonomy group is developing a green taxonomy for sustainable finance products that will form part of the EU’s action plan to promote sustainable finance and investment. Nathan is also Chief Responsible Investment Officer at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). 

We’ll be discussing Nathan’s insights into the work of the EU Taxonomy group gained from his role as Rapporteur and how the EU’s initiative will have significant implications for sustainable finance globally. 

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On this episode, we explore climate-related risk and how it is being managed in today’s financial world. We’re joined by John Colas, Partner and Vice Chairman of Oliver Wyman Financial Services Americas. John was part of the team assisting the United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) to develop a framework to assess and disclose climate-related risk factors. This project focused on piloting the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) and its recommendations around scenario analysis of climate risk. John and Michael discuss this work as well as John’s background in risk and strategy and how it translates to the topic of sustainability and climate change.  

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Today we’re exploring the world of green bonds and the emerging market of sustainability bonds. Our expert guest is Dan Krieter from the BMO Capital Markets Fixed Income Strategy Group, who will give us a recap of the market from 2018 as well as a look forward for how 2019 will shape out. Listen in as we discuss how this market was developed, what’s in it for the investor, and what to look out for in the year ahead.

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Sustainability Leaders launches on May 7th, 2019.