Webinar. Green Data or Greenwashing?

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Carbon emissions data are critically important to investors’ increasingly important role in helping combat climate change. Research by Vitali Kalesnik and his coauthors finds no evidence that forward-looking carbon scores or estimated carbon emissions provide sufficient data to be effective in promoting sustainable practices. Further, they find that the estimated data (often composing more than 50% of the data on carbon emissions) lack accuracy and rely primarily on only industry and size information. Compared to reported data, estimated data lead to a significant loss of efficacy in investor actions on climate mitigation. This research supports the call for the mandatory reporting of climate-related information.

Our speakers:

Vitali Kalesnik, PhD, Partner, Head of Research - Europe, Research Affiliates
Vitali is a partner and senior member of the investment team. He leads research and business strategy in the European region. Previously, Vitali led the Equity Research team and continues to perform general equity-related research. Articles he has co-authored with others have been recognized with three Graham and Dodd Scroll Awards, a Financial Analysts Journal Readers’ Choice Award, a William F. Sharpe Indexing Achievement Award, a Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award, and a Graham and Dodd Top Award for "What Is Quality?" His research strengthens and expands Research Affiliates’ products—in particular, RAFI™ Fundamental Index™ strategies—and supports our global tactical asset allocation products. Vitali earned his PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a winner of the UCLA Graduate Division Fellowship for 2001–2005. He speaks fluent English, Russian, and French.

Anthony Corrigan, CFA, Vice President, Client Strategies - Europe, Research Affiliates
Anthony helps lead our outreach efforts to asset owners, consultants, and influencers of capital in the UK, Ireland, and Continental Europe. Prior to joining Research Affiliates, Anthony spent over 13 years at Mercer where he worked on both the consulting and manager research teams. Anthony originally joined Mercer’s Dublin office in 2005 where he consulted with a variety of institutional investors on issues such as investment strategy, asset allocation, and investment manager structure and selection. In 2011, Anthony joined the manager research team and moved to Mercer’s London office. In this role, Anthony was a senior research specialist with responsibility for the coverage of European equity asset managers. Anthony received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, Ireland, and holds a Master of Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit School of Business in Dublin. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Milena Olszewska-Muszuris, CFA, ACCA, FSA Credential-holder, Vice President, CFA Society Poland
With over 15 years of experience in capital markets, Milena runs a boutique advisory company (WM Advisory) supporting firms in value creation, financial and non-financial reporting, and investor relations. Milena is also a lecturer and mentor in business schools in Poland. She is a corporate governance committee member at GPW and a Management Board Member of CFA Society Poland. Milena is a member of Independent Supervisory Board Members Association in Poland. She currently serves as NED at R22 S.A. and as an audit committee member. For ten years, Milena developed her career as an equity analyst at international brokerage houses. She was laureate many times on analysts' rankings for her insights and recommendations (Extel survey). Milena holds three international designations: CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), and FSA Credential (Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting) by SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board).

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