Webinar: Making sustainability count for investors

Webinar – Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

8.00 – 9.00 EST / 13.00 – 14.00 BST

How do you position sustainability to earn the premium value it deserves?

Join our expert panel as they discuss how to cut through the breadth and complexity of sustainability data, issues, ratings and frameworks to prove the real value of a business’s sustainability work to investors and acquirers.

On the panel:

Nina Eisenman, Vice President, Head of Corporate ESG Strategy, Nasdaq. Nina has over 15 years developing sustainability, ESG, financial and investor communications platforms for leading, global organizations. Now, she’s responsible for shaping Nasdaq’s corporate sustainability approach.

Jeffrey Whitford, Vice President, Sustainability & Social Business Innovation, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. He’s responsible for developing and implementing strategic programs to enhance the Life Science Business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s position as a global leader in green chemistry, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. His work saw him recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2020.

Vanessa Gomes, Global Associate Director of Sustainable Finance and ESG, S&P Global. She’s responsible for developing sustainable finance and ESG products and projects to inform investor, corporate and financial institution investment strategies.

Samantha Tortora, Investor, Advisor, Former Global Head of IR & Corporate Sustainability, BlackRock. Samantha is a recognised investor relations expert, having held global investor relations and sustainability leadership roles at BlackRock. She also led Aladdin Sustainability, BlackRock’s dedicated sustainable investing data platform. Now she’s an investor and advisor to sustainability start-ups.

Chaired by David Willans, Sustainability Director, Bladonmore.

Areas of discussion:

  • Where do you focus your sustainability and communications efforts to add real, lasting value?
  • How can businesses best navigate all the incoming legislation and shifting societal expectations?
  • What choices need to be made to make sustainability a valuable part of an equity story?
  • How do you best understand the issues that really matter?
  • What kind of engagement strategies work best for different stakeholder groups?
  • What factors do different stakeholders value and how are they changing?
  • How do you make sure you’re doing more than the rest?

Registration for this event has now closed.
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