2018

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2018

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.

Click on each session title for notes.

Click to view a printable agenda.

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 CommissionClassroom 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

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