Practice Forum-- Sustainability in Practice: Applying the Financial Case for Sustainability Investment
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The annual Practice Forum hosted by the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business is an industry-leading event convening investor and corporate sustainability leaders to discuss the latest research and insights on operationalizing and monetizing sustainability. This year’s event was generously sponsored by Glenmede, Investindustrial, KPMG, and Qintess, with media partner Financial Times.
To date, CSB’s Practice Forum stood out from similar events by focusing on the financial case for sustainability, demonstrating why it’s good for business. For our sixth annual event, we applied these learnings to how to realize these opportunities in performance and profit.
Sustainability in Practice: Applying the Financial Case for Sustainability Investment
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
AGENDA
Opening Remarks
Raghu Sundaram, Dean and the Edward I. Altman Professor of Credit and Debt Markets at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Applying the Financial Case for Sustainability Investment
Keynote address presenting the latest research from CSB on how to operationalize sustainability in practice
Tensie Whelan, Founding Director, NYU Stern CSB
ESG in Black and White: Media’s Role in the Sustainability Culture Wars
A panel of journalists were on the receiving end of the interview, discussing the recent ESG backlash, and providing insights on how to manage communications in a polarized environment
Heather Clancy, Vice President and Editorial Director, GreenBiz
Amy Cortese, Editorial Director, ImpactAlpha
David Gelles, Climate Reporter, The New York Times
Gillian Tett, Chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US, Financial Times
Moderated by Mindy Lubber, CEO and President, Ceres
Fireside Chat with Roberto Ardagna
Roberto Ardagna, Managing Principal and Head of North America and Growth Investments, Investindustrial in conversation with Patrick Temple-West, Financial Times
ROSI™ Roundtable: Monetizing Sustainability Initiatives Across Industries
Practical learnings from how to monetize the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) across industries
Gary Cohen, President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
Virginia Covo, Head of Sustainability, North America, AB InBev
Michael Tears, Senior Director of Energy & Environment, Kimberly-Clark
Moderated by John Platko, Managing Partner, ALO Advisors
TED-style talk on how information and data management technologies can improve decision-making related to complex sustainability issues
Nana Baffour, Chairman and Chief Culture Officer, Qintess
2022 Sustainable Market Share Index™ Report
The highly anticipated annual update of CSB's analysis of consumer purchasing of sustainability-marketed products during an inflationary period
Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Scholar, NYU Stern CSB
Nishat Mehta, President, Global Products & Solutions, IRI
Paul Knopp, Chair and CEO, KPMG in conversation with Gillian Tett, Chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US, Financial Times
Remarks by Rohit Aggarwala, Commissioner and Chief Climate Officer, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Capital for Climate Commitments
Climate finance professionals discussed the mechanisms to provide capital for the low carbon transition, including fixed income, venture capital, and green banking
Andrew Kessler, President, NY Green Bank
Lindsay Luger, Co-Founder and Partner, Energy Impact Partners
Priscilla Lu, Partner/Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investments for APAC, DWS
Moderated by Kenza Bryan, Moral Money Reporter, Financial Times
Practitioners' Guide to Embedding Sustainability
Unveiling the NYU Stern CSB guide to embedding sustainability into a company's business strategy. The guide provides practical guidance, cases, and a self-assessment tool to help companies develop effective sustainability strategies supported by strong governance, culture and communications.
Chisara Ehiemere, Senior Research Lead, ROSI, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
The following programming was exclusively available to in-person attendees and does not have recordings.
Embedded Sustainability Workshops
Following the presentation of the new Practitioners' Guide, in-person attendees had the unique opportunity to engage with one chosen section through interactive case studies and exercises that help apply the concepts to your role and industry. Topic areas included:
- Embedded Sustainability Strategy with Tensie Whelan, Founding Director, NYU Stern CSB
- ROSI & Circularity with Chisara Ehiemere, Senior Research Lead, NYU Stern CSB
- ROSI & Sustainable Sourcing with Elyse Douglas, Senior Research Scholar, NYU Stern CSB
- Stakeholder Mapping & Materiality with Sophie Rifkin, Senior Director of Sustainability, Banza
- Marketing & Communications with Raphael Bemporad, Founding Partner, BBMG