Marquette Sustainability 2.0 Conference Keynote Announcement (October 24, 2023)

We are excited to announce our keynote for the 2023 Sustainability 2.0 Conference, scheduled for October 24, 2023, at the Alumni Memorial Union at Marquette University. With the pending SEC Climate Disclosure Rule, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article, 70% of companies intend to comply with the new rule, but questions remain not only on the timing and future of the regulation, but also on the ability of companies, organizations and governments to meet targets sufficient toward addressing the climate crisis. 

As one of the SEC’s chief advisors and architects of the new rule, Kristina Wyatt, now the Chief Sustainability Officer for Persefoni, a leading climate disclosure and carbon management solution, she continues to provide leadership to industry on the issue of decarbonization.

Kristina Wyatt, Chief Sustainability Officer

Persefoni

We are excited to welcome Kristina along with other thought leaders and experts from across industry for the fourth annual event, the Midwest’s largest conference on sustainable finance and business. Last year we hosted investment firms representing $3.2 trillion in assets under management and companies with a market cap of nearly $500 billion. See link to the conference website: https://www.marquette.edu/business/companies/sustainability.php

Author: Christopher K. Merker, Ph.D., CFA

Christopher K. Merker, PhD, CFA, is a director with Private Asset Management at Robert W. Baird & Co. He holds a PhD in investment governance and fiduciary effectiveness from Marquette University, where he has taught the course “Sustainable Finance” since 2009. Executive director of Fund Governance Analytics (FGA), an ESG research partnership with Marquette University, he is a member of the CFA Institute ESG Working Group, an international committee currently exploring ESG standards, publishes the blog, Sustainable Finance, which covers current topics around governance and sustainability in investing, and is co-author of the book, The Trustee Governance Guide: The Five Imperatives of 21st Century Investing.