To celebrate the launch of the special issue on Sustainable Financial Management by the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Hannah Jacobsen from Summa Private Equity joined a stellar line-up of speakers in a webinar about how to raise the bar in sustainable finance.

Speakers included:

• Hannah Saltman, Manager, Governance, Ceres
• Brian Tomlinson, Research Director, Strategic Investor Initiative, CECP
• Hannah Jacobsen, Director, Summa Equity
• Chris Pinney, CEO, High Meadows Institute
• Sakis Kotsantonis, Managing Partner, KKS Advisors
• Tony Davis, CEO, Inherent Group
• Tania Bizoumi, Sustainable Finance, Athens Exchange Group

In Part 1 of the webinar, you will learn:

• How board oversight can drive climate and sustainability performance
• The economic significance of companies presenting their long-term plans
• How a private equity firm is using ESG to create more value with less risk: Focus on Summa Equity

In Part 2, you will learn:

• The state of play on sustainability in the capital markets
• Four things no one will tell you about ESG data
• How ESG can be used as a value creation tool for active investors: Focus on Inherent Group
• ESG innovation in stock exchanges: Focus on Athens Exchange Group

To read the full article, published in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (2019), Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 34-41. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jacf.12344 or download the pdf here.