The Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC Sauder is pleased to host “Tackling Diversity Through Sustainable Investing”. This event is part of UBC Sauder’s “Working in Sustainability” series and will be held on Tuesday February 6th, 2024, with Hasina Razafimahefa.
This session will explore how investors are integrating considerations of equity, diversity and inclusion in their sustainable investing strategies including portfolio construction and engagement.
This event is an opportunity to understand the pivotal role of finance in addressing diversity and promoting a sustainable future.
The session is ideal for anyone looking to navigate or advance in the sustainable finance space, offering insights into the necessary competencies for impact-driven finance roles.
What you will gain from this session:
- Role of Finance in Advancing Diversity: Insights on how financial institutions and markets are driving diversity through targeted investments, ESG integration and innovative financial products
- Understanding ESG and Impact Investing: A deeper look at how Environmental, Social, Governance, and Indigenous (ESGI) considerations are shaping investment strategies and how social finance is directly contributing to advancing diversity
- Career Opportunities: Guidance on carving out a career in sustainable finance, with a spotlight on roles in ESG analysis and within banking and other financial institutions
- Skills and Knowledge Expansion: Discussion on the analytical, quantitative and strategic skills that are in high demand within the sustainable finance sector
- Networking: Opportunities to connect with professionals for advice on entering and thriving in sustainable finance
Speaker
Hasina Razafimahefa is a Senior Manager of ESG Evaluations and Proxy Voting at NEI Investments. With NEI since 2015, she currently leads NEI’s evaluations program. She has been researching and engaging with companies especially in the financials sector on various sustainability issues, including corporate governance, climate change and equitable compensation. Hasina has an Undergraduate degree in Accounting from INSCAE Madagascar, a Post‐Graduate Diploma in Finance from UQTR, and a Masters in Sustainability Science from the University of Tokyo.
The session will be moderated by Christie Stephenson, the Executive Director of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at UBC Sauder.
When
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
12:30 – 2:00 pm PT
Where
Henry Angus 966-969, UBC Sauder
