Meet Some of the Speakers Lined Up for Intro to ESG, Sustainable & Impact Investment Training

Hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY on June 15th
Jun 2, 2017 10:00 AM ET

June 2, 2017 /3BL Media/ - For professionals in the capital markets, and in the corporate sector, G&A Institute and Global Change Associates are teamed to present a one-day professional training program, hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY, in midtown Manhattan. This is an excellent introduction to the application of ESG factors to investment making decisions and corporate valuations. Find out more at https://intro2esg.eventbrite.com 

ESG = the corporate environmental, social or societal and corporate governance factors to be evaluated by the financial analyst, asset owner, asset manager, and others in the capital markets in looking beyond the financial in selecting public companies for “buy/sell/hold” portfolio management decisions. (This is also referred to as “sustainable investing,” “impact investing,” and similar titles by practitioners.) 

The outstanding faculty presenting during the one-day course will include experts in ESG / sustainable / impact investing, covering topics such as best practices; data sources; analytical tools; research resources; methodologies; why ESG matters; and realized outcomes using these approaches to analysis and investment management. 

Click each speakers name below for our interview with each speaker & more on their background and focus area for the program:

Jordan Kimmel, Co-Founder & Portfolio Manager, FACTS Asset Management 
Topic: Integrating ESG Factors into Portfolio Construction

Gaurav Trivedi, Senior Associate, ESG, MSCI
Topic: ESG Analysis, Rating & Research

Kate Starr, Founder & CIO, Flat World Partners (formerly Vice President-Capital Deployment, Heron Foundation)
Topic: What Investors Need to Know About the Rising Importance of Impact Investing 

Bahar Gidwani, Co-Founder/CEo, CSRHub
Topic: Bridging the Gap: Sustainability vs. Profitability

Hideki Suzuki, Senior ESG Analyst, Bloomberg LP
Topic: ESG Equity Fundamentals Data Analytics

Mert Demir, PhD in Finance, Director of Research, Weismann Center for International Business at Baruch College
Topic: About the Baruch CSR-Sustainability Monitor Project

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For questions, contact:
Louis D. Coppola, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder
Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.
Tel 646.430.8230 ext 14
Email lcoppola@ga-institute.com