Sustainability In Motion ED4S

We talked to Stephen Kibsey, who enjoyed a distinguished career as an analyst, portfolio manager, and risk manager at one of Canada's largest pension funds.
We talked to Stephen about the ED4S secret shopper campaign, in which we spoke with Canadian financial advisors to determine their ability to meet the needs of clients looking to invest sustainably. While some advisors demonstrated a thorough understanding of sustainability issues, there is room for improvement if more financial advisors are to meet their clients' sustainability needs. 
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-host: Maria Maisuradze, CEO, ED4S
Guest:  Stephen Kibsey,  BSc, BEng, MBA, SIPC

We talked to Heidi Welsh, Executive Director at Sustainable Investments Institute about sustainability and proxy season. Heidi tells us about the main sustainability issues this proxy season, how proxy voting and shareholder engagement have evolved, the anti-ESG movement, and what sustainability issues we may see more of on future proxy ballots.
Participants:
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-host: Nawar Alsaadi, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors. Advisor to ED4S
Guest: Heidi Welsh, Executive Director, Sustainable Investments Institute
 

 



 

We discuss the recent report  “Beyond Checking the Box” by the IBM Institute for Business Value. The report helps to show how companies can “embed sustainability” into what they do. This conversation gets into the all-important question of "HOW" to do sustainability right that we hear so often from investors and companies. 
 
Participants:
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-hosts:
Maria Maisuradze, CEO, ED4S
Nawar Alsaadi, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors. Advisor to ED4S

We talk with Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of GIST Impact. Our discussion focuses on biodiversity and natural capital. Investors and companies are attempting to properly value our natural world to better manage risk and to meet the increasing demand for nature-friendly products and services from customers. Pavan shares his wisdom on how companies can better work in harmony with nature and what steps we can take to be better stewards of our natural world.
Participants:
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-host: Nawar Alsaadi, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors. Advisor to ED4S
Guest: Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of GIST Impact

Matt and Nawar discuss how investors are using sustainability data. The discussion touches on materiality, the process investors use to incorporate ESG data into fundamental and quantitative analysis, and the impact of the anti-ESG movement.
 
Participants:
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-host: Nawar Alsaadi, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors. Advisor to ED4S

We talk with Marie-Josée Privyk, CFA, RIPC, Founder of FinComm Services. Our discussion focuses primarily on ESG reporting. We discuss the current state of sustainability regulation, what is working, what isn’t, best practices, and the evolution of ESG reporting that we can expect in the future.
Participants:
Host: Matt Orsagh, Chief Content Officer, ED4S
Co-host: Nawar Alsaadi, Founder & CEO, Kanata Advisors. Advisor to ED4S
Guest: Marie-Josée Privyk, CFA, RIPC, Founder of FinComm Services.