ESG & Climate Data Forum is a virtual event for sustainable investors and analysts featuring presentations on using advanced techniques for evaluating the ESG scores and performance of companies. This includes the application of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, satellite imagery and sentiment that can also be applied as forward-looking ESG and climate data methods.
Who should attend: Investment managers, ESG and climate analysts, hedge funds, institutional investors, and ESG professionals.
Times are UK
11:00
ESG Scores: optimisation by incorporating new and future information
Özge Sahin, Associate Professorship of Applied Mathematical Statistics, Technische Universität München
11.45
An environmental sustainability examination of big data and AI in ESG
Beatrice Crona, Professor in Sustainability Science, Stockholm University
12:30
Natural Language Processing (NLP) for SDGs:
Measuring corporate alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals
Michael Oliver Weinberg, Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia Business School
13:15
Break
14:00
The A-Z of earth observation for ESG-aligned metrics at scale:
Introduction, uses, interpretation and leading indicators
Nell Agate Tsui, Quant ESG Analyst, SatelliteVu
14:45
Optimising portfolios using news-based ESG ratings: SASB vs SDG
Anatoly Schmidt, Adjunct Professor, Finance Risk and Engineering Department, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
15:30
An ESG investor sentiment index
Yosef Bonaparte, CU Denver Business School, Janus Henderson Investors Research Contributor
