# 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.](https://cbey.yale.edu/yisf/yisf-symposium-2018-state-of-esg-disclosure-standards/papers)
Click on each session title for notes.
[Click to view a printable agenda.](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018/10/YISF%20Symposium%20Agenda.pdf)
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###### **Agenda:**
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**08:30: Coffee** *4400 Concourse*
**09:00: [Welcome & Conversation on the State of ESG Standards](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/Welcome.pdf)** *Classroom 2400*
- Dan Esty, YISF
**9:30 – 10:45: Breakout Sessions**
[Breakout A: History of ESG Metrics](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/History%20of%20ESG%20Metrics.pdf) – 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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/New%20Data%20Framing.pdf) *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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/Impacts.pdf) *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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/TCFD.pdf) *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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/Liability.pdf) *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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/European%20Commission%20.pdf)***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](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2019/02/Wrap%20Up.pdf)** *Classroom 2400*
- Todd Cort, YISF
**3:45: Close**
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###### **Event Logistics:**
New Haven Hotel Reservations:
- [The Study](http://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=1997167&hotelID=15472),
- [The Omni.](https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/new-haven-yale/meetings/yale-center-for-environmental-law-and-policy-workshop)
\*Hotel reservations must be made before October 19th. \
New Haven Walking Maps:
- [The Study to School of Management](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018/09/Walking%20Map%20from%20The%20Study%20to%20SOM.pdf),
- [The Omni to School of Management](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018/09/Walking%20Map%20from%20The%20Omni%20to%20SOM.pdf),
- [Parking Instructions & Walking Map to School of Management](https://cbey.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2018/09/Walking%20Map%20Parking%20to%20SOM.pdf).
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