Sustainable Finance has grown from niche to mainstream, becoming the new reality representing $35 trillion of worldwide assets under management (36% over total). The trend will continue to accelerate as according to Bloomberg is expected to increase to $50 trillion by 2025. The SDG goals, the Paris Treaty, and the EU Green Deal are becoming major driven forces in the Finance industry. PRI, CFA Institute, and Regulators are pushing forward from the investor side the use of new approaches that include ESG considerations.

In this masterclass, we will see a short overview of the different approaches used, analyze their pros and cons, and go into some of the practicalities and challenges that we may encounter in real life. 

Susana Martínez Meyers has 22 years of experience in the area of Finance (15 of expertise in Financial Valuation as Sell Side analyst and Head of Equity research department and 2 years of Investment Banking). She has a special focus in Sector and Equity Research where she was for a period Head of Equity Research of Banco Urquijo-KBL. She holds a double degree in BBA in Northeastern University (Boston) and in Icade (E4) Master in Sustainability and CSR, (Uned-Uji) Spain and a Certificate in Sustainable Finance by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). She is currently advancing on her PHD in the field of Sustainable Finance.

She has a CFA designation from the CFA Institute since 2002, CIPM since 2019 and CFA ESG UK. She is the Mentor for IE Business School in the CFA Research Challenge and mentor in the Women in Finance IE and CFA. She is currently collaborating with the CFA ESG Education Committee.

She is also a professor in the IE Business School and University in the fields of Sustainable Finance, Finance and Financial Accounting. Professor in the MIF IE Business School in the elective ESG Integration in Asset Management and Equity and Credit Research.