CSOs and CFOs: Speaking the Same Language

​CSOs and CFOs: Speaking the Same Language

​An invite-only convening at New York Climate Week
Wednesday, September 23, 9 am to 10:30 am | Chatham House Rules

​The Climate Liabilities and Assets Initiative (CLAI), the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, and WBCSD are co-hosting an intimate, invite-only panel conversation on one of the most consequential relationships in corporate sustainability: the one between the Chief Sustainability Officer and the Chief Financial Officer.

​When CSOs speak the language of financial decision-making and can demonstrate how climate-related risks and opportunities connect to the company's bottom line, they unlock a fundamentally different level of organizational buy-in. This conversation will surface what that looks like in practice: how leading companies are bridging the sustainability-finance gap, what it takes to get CFOs engaged, and what becomes possible when they are.

​The event will bring together approximately 40 senior leaders for a candid, off-the-record discussion under Chatham House Rules. In an interactive panel discussion, attendees will hear from:

​> Paul Munter, former Chief Accountant at the SEC
> Elyse Douglas, former CFO of Hertz Global Holdings and Senior Research Scholar at NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business,
> David Barahona, Senior Director for Sustainable Investing at Pepsi Co.,
> Vivek Adhia, Chief Sustainability Officer, UltraTech Cement
> Neil Kaufman, Senior Vice President, Strategic Resilience and Risk, Chubb Insurance

​About CLAI: The Climate Liabilities and Assets Initiative is a philanthropy-funded project working to accelerate the integration of climate and nature-related risks and opportunities into financial decision-making and financial statements.