Meet Agnes Terestchenko, Senior Manager, Investor Initiatives North America, CDP Speaker @ #Intro2ESG Training

Presenting at Introduction to ESG, Sustainable & Impact Investment One–Day Training
The How & Why of Applying ESG to Corporate Valuations
Hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY on June 15th
Introduction:  For professionals in the capital markets, and in the corporate sector, G&A Institute and Global Change Associates are teamed to present a one-day professional training program, hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY, in midtown Manhattan.  This is an excellent introduction to the application of ESG factors to investment making decisions and corporate valuations.  Find out more at https://intro2esg.eventbrite.com
ESG = the corporate environmental, social or societal and corporate governance factors to be evaluated by the financial analyst, asset owner, asset manager, and others in the capital markets in looking beyond the financial in selecting public companies for “buy/sell/hold” portfolio management decisions. (This is also referred to as “sustainable investing,” “impact investing,” and similar titles by practitioners.)
The outstanding faculty presenting during the one-day course will include experts in ESG / sustainable / impact investing, covering topics such as best practices; data sources; analytical tools; research resources; methodologies; why ESG matters; and realized outcomes using these approaches to analysis and investment management.
MEET ONE OF YOUR COURSE LEADERS
Agnes Terestchenko
Senior Manager, Investor Initiatives North America, CDP
TOPIC: CDP Investor Initiatives

 A conversation with Agnes:
Q:  How is your day-to-day work related to the Intro to ESG, Sustainable & Impact Investment Certificate Program to be presented at Baruch?
[AT] CDP is a global coalition of 800-plus institutional investors that give CDP the authority to request disclosure on material environmental information to over 6,000 companies.  Today, CDP has the largest global database of self-disclosed environmental information. Once collected, we give access to the data to investors and the public and encourage investors to engage with companies and to integrate environmental factors into their investment processes
Q:  What can attendees expect to learn from your session?
[AT] Information about the data collected, engagement resources for investors and how investors use environmental data in their investment processes.
Q:  What advice do you have or opportunity that you see for attendees who complete the Certificate Program?
[AT]  Integration of ESG factors into investment process is only at its beginning stages at many institutions, but because of increasing demand from asset owners, the Millennial generation, a growing number of investor coalitions and financial regulators, it will become more mainstream inside the financial world and is something attendees will need to know about.
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CAREER BACKGROUND: AGNES TERESTCHENKO
Agnes is Senior Manager, Investor Initiatives at CDP – the Global environmental reporting system. Agnes manages relationships with investor signatories & members for CDP’s Climate, Water, Forests and Carbon Action programs and assists the integration of environmental risk data into ESG & SRI focused approach to investment processes.
She also promotes CDP programs through public-speaking and development of research products leading to thought-leadership in emerging investment themes. After a full career in institutional equity sales at major European brokerage houses, Agnes followed her passion and specialized in ESG integration.
She joined CDP after working on specific projects with ICCR and Domini Social Investments. Agnes is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and a member of the steering Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership Group at the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA).
For more information about the course and how to register, visit: https://intro2esg.eventbrite.com