Lauren is  Managing Director Global Head of ESG Commercial. Full Bio

Lauren is  Managing Director Global Head of ESG Commercial. A leader in carbon and environmental risk analysis, Trucost assesses risks relating to climate change, natural resource constraints and broader ESG factors, enabling companies and financial institutions to understand their ESG exposure to these factors, inform resilience and identify transformative solutions for a more sustainable global economy.

Lauren is an expert in sustainable finance and, over the last decade, has advised leading fund managers, pension funds, banks and DFIs globally on how to integrate climate change and natural capital analysis into their investment decision making.

Prior to joining Trucost, Lauren was a Senior Investment Associate in Global Equity Research at Putnam Investments specialising in Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Aerospace & Defence. She was also a consultant at DFID (UK Department for International Development), working on the Millennium Development Goals for Girls’ Education.

Lauren holds a BA (Hons) and MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology and Anthropology and an MSc in Anthropology and International Development from the London School of Economics. Lauren is a member of the Decision Maker Panel of the Bank of England and is also a regular speaker and respected commentator on environmental finance issues. Minimize

Rick is a Consultant in the Corporate Services team and lead on ESG management and value creation at Trucost, part of S&P Global. Full Bio

Rick is a Consultant in the Corporate Services team and lead on ESG management and value creation at Trucost, part of S&P Global.

Rick specialises in natural and social capital valuation and life cycle analysis. His work at Trucost focuses on the analysis of the net benefits of products, services and processes; business engagement with the sustainable development goals; and developing new methods to quantify and value ESG risks and opportunities in business. Rick also leads Trucost’s research on internal carbon pricing for corporates. Rick has experience leading projects with diverse clients across the food and beverage, apparel, infrastructure, chemicals, airline, and renewable energy sectors.

Rick holds a Masters in Environmental Economics from Imperial College London, and a Bachelor of Science from the Queensland University of Technology. Prior to joining Trucost, Rick worked for the UK Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs focusing on the valuation of air quality impacts on health; a carbon finance charity focusing on the monetization of the social return on investment of their activities; and for over eight years as a project manager and scientific writer in the medical research sector. Minimize

Rochelle manages ESG Analytics and Client Delivery at Trucost, part of S&P Global. Rochelle joined Trucost in 2017 and brings several years of experience providing critical advice for improved outcomes across a diversity of sectors, including healthcare, food and beverage, tourism, technology, finance and nonprofit. She specializes in natural capital valuation, business model innovation and developing quantitative and qualitative impact methodologies. Full Bio

Rochelle manages ESG Analytics and Client Delivery at Trucost, part of S&P Global. Rochelle joined Trucost in 2017 and brings several years of experience providing critical advice for improved outcomes across a diversity of sectors, including healthcare, food and beverage, tourism, technology, finance and nonprofit. She specializes in natural capital valuation, business model innovation and developing quantitative and qualitative impact methodologies.

Prior to Trucost, Rochelle was a Manager of Project Innovation & Design at strategy consulting firm, SustainAbility, where she developed several custom methodologies for measuring corporate impact against the Sustainable Development Goals, and managed a broad range of consulting projects for clients such as GE, World Wildlife Fund, Nestle, TIAA, Huawei and others. She was the lead author and researcher on Huawei’s ICT Sustainable Development Goals Benchmark report, and the co-author of Model Behavior II: Strategies to Rewire Business that explores how Fortune 500 firms can stimulate business model innovations for greater sustainability. Rochelle also has consulting experience engaging with clients like Lockheed Martin on socially responsible investment, Dunkin’ Donuts on its green building program, and NRDC on environmental health policy. Before entering the sustainability field, Rochelle worked in cancer research at Weil Cornell Medical College and founded a graphic design company.

She graduated from Bard College in 2015 with an MBA and MS in Environmental Policy and holds a BA from New York University in Individualized Study: Landscape Architecture. She is also a LEED AP in Building Design and Construction and is GRI certified. She is the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including an EPA grant, and is the winner of the 2014 EDF Climate Corps Pitch Competition. She is also an avid writer with articles featured by outlets such as The Guardian and GreenBiz, and a regular speaker on sustainability topics having presented in conferences in the U.S., Argentina, Switzerland and Italy. Minimize