At a recent TSSS event (Feb. 5, 2015) we explored the disconnect between Bay/Wall St. and Sustainability (click for written event summary). Please enjoy the highlights in this short video captured as part of the Partners in Project Green, ask the expert series.
I think the opportunity lies with the long term stakeholders like pension funds that have more patience in seeing the benefits of integrating ESG factors in their analysis.
— Ian McPherson, Last Spike Capital
We need the big guys (who are the early adopters, like PUMA, Unilever, and Patagonia) to start sending signals of the new ways of running the economy and the world.
— Bob Willard
There will be a day when financial statements will be continuous – companies must do a better job of telling their story.
— Julie Desjardins
Connecting the two world is challenging because investors are often looking at different, more short term factors, compared to the sustainability community that is often looking at issues that are much longer term.
— Martin Grosskopf, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Director of Sustainable Investing at AGF