# 2017

**Source**: https://cbey.yale.edu/yale-initiative-on-sustainable-finance-yisf/symposia/2017
**Parent**: https://cbey.yale.edu/yale-initiative-on-sustainable-finance-yisf

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# 2017

Co-hosted by the [Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance](https://cbey.yale.edu/yisf) and the Journal of Environmental Investing, this symposium brings together academics and practitioners to forward the conversation on Environmental, Social and Governance metrics.

Friday, September 22, 2017, 9:30am - 5:00pm\
Yale School of Management, 165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT\

##### [**Papers from the symposium may be accessed here**](https://cbey.yale.edu/our-stories/the-state-of-esg-data-journal-of-environmental-investing-vol-8)

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**09:30 Coffee** 2400 Concourse

**10:00 Welcome** Classroom 2400

- Dan Esty, YISF
- Cary Krosinsky, JEI

**10:30 State of Play in ESG Investing** Classroom 2400

- Todd Cort, YISF

**11:15 AM: Break out Sessions**

Breakout A: Identifying Alpha Classroom 4400\
Moderator: David Richardson, Impax

- Diana Glassman, Integration Strategy: *The Missing Metrics That Matter To Investors: How Companies Can Develop ESG Financial Value Creation Metrics*
- Karina Funk, Brown Advisory: *ESG and active alpha: How can ESG metrics help us understand both company and fund performance?*

Breakout B: New Tools in ESG Analysis Classroom 4410 \
Moderator: Jim Hawley, TrueValue Labs

- Mark Kriss, Macroclimate: *Geofinancial Engineering Initiative, Using real time environmental data from satellites to move financial markets and improve climate outcomes*
- Erik Allen, Two Sigma Investments: *The Application of Machine Learning to Sustainable Finance*

Breakout C: Green Bonds Classroom 4420\
Moderator: Sarah Wilson,Nuveen

- Patrick Bigger, University of Lancaster: *Ratings, standards and practices for comingling risks in green bonds*
- Anadi Jauhari, Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance, Emerging Energy & Environment Investing Group LLC

**12:30 PM: Lunch** 2400 Concourse

**1:15 PM: Plenary Panel Discussion** Classroom 2400\
Materiality and Corporate Financial Disclosure\
Moderator:Lois Guthrie, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

- Todd Cort, Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance
- Rodney Irwin, WBCSD
- Brandon Leblac, EY
- Eszter Vitorino and Bastion Buck, Global Reporting Initiative
- Richard Pearl, State Street Corporation
- Cyeria Jackson, Monsanto Company

**2:15 PM: Break, coffee** 2400 Concourse

**2:45 PM: Break out Sessions**

Breakout A: New Lenses Classroom 4400\
Moderator: JohnStreur, Calvert

- Linda-Eling Lee, MSCI: *Do Corporate Controversies Help or Hurt Performance? A Study of Three Portfolio Strategies*
- Gretchen Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists: *A Methodology for Assessment of Corporate Responsibility on Climate Change: A Case Study of the Fossil Fuel Industry*
- Bill Davis, Stance Capital: *Performance and Impact: Can ESG equity portfolios generate healthier financial returns?*

Breakout B: Broad ESG Data Classroom 4410\
Moderator: Deborah Spalding, Commonfund

- Todd Cort, YISF: *Sustainability Metrics, What Investors Need but do not Get*
- Amy Springsteel, Voya Financial: *The Value and Current Limitations of ESG Data for the Security Selector*
- Elyse Douglas, New York University: *Responsible Investing, Guide to ESG Data Providers and Relevant Trends*

Breakout C: Normalization of ESG Metrics Classroom 4420 \
Moderator: Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas, UBS

- Riva Krut, Praxair: *Learning How to Count: The complexities for ESG investors of comparing energy efficiency and GHG performance.*
- D Scott Showalter and Gilroy Zuckerman, North Carolina State University: *Investor’s* *Guide to Analyzing Company Sustainability Performance.*

Breakout D: Materiality Roundtable on Sustainability Reporting Classroom 4220\
Moderator: Sabine Content, Global Reporting Initiative

- This session is designed for reporting companies that want to take sustainability reporting to the next level by engaging further with GRI, their peers and experts in the field.
- The Sustainability Reporting Roundtable helps reporting organizations take their reporting process further.

**4:00 Wrap-up Discussion, Plenary** Classroom 2400

- Dan Esty, YISF

**5:00 Close**

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Gold Sponsors:

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## **Roberta G. Gordon**