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Summary
Join us for an enlightening webinar series designed for corporates across India, the Middle East, and Africa, focusing on the role of S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) data insights in increasing corporate visibility with sustainability focused investors. As the financial community increasingly seeks transparency on how companies are managing sustainability risks and opportunities, the CSA leads the field in helping companies make the link between sustainability and their business strategies.
This series will delve into the S&P Global Sustainable1 CSA methodology, offering sector-specific insights that empower businesses to improve transparency, benchmark performance against global peer groups, and prepare for capital events, including IPOs. Each session will feature specialist discussions, real-world applications, and practical guidance tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities faced by companies in these regions.
Whether you're looking to inform your sustainability strategy or strengthen investor engagement, this series will equip you with the knowledge and tools to advance your understanding of sustainability considerations expected to be financially relevant to your corporate success.
Synopsis:
In Africa, aligning with sustainability expectations is becoming critical for companies seeking capital, navigating stakeholder expectations, or preparing for IPOs. This webinar introduces the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) as a cross-sector tool to generate sustainability data, benchmark performance, and support strategic growth. We will walk through the CSA methodology and provide a snapshot of sustainability trends using performance data from cross sector African companies in context of global peer groups as an illustrative case.
Objective:
To demonstrate how African companies across industries can utilize the CSA to enhance sustainability reporting, meet investor demands, and gain a competitive edge—highlighting mining sector trends as a reference example.
Speakers
S&P Global Sustainable1
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch
Senior Client Engagement Specialist
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch is a senior client engagement specialist at S&P Global Sustinable1.
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch is a senior client engagement specialist at S&P Global Sustinable1. Acting as a subject matter expert, Warrick specialises in assisting clients in implementing sustainability initiatives, themes, and data within their workflows and benchmarking to mitigate ESG risks, address regulations, and enhance their sustainability strategies. Previously, Warrick was an ESG analyst with a materials and mining sector focus where he specialised in methodology development, analysis, and evaluation of financially material sustainability themes within the Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Prior to joining S&P, Warrick spent several years with LSE-based AfriTin Mining Ltd, over which time they built a world-class Lithium-Tin-Tantalum mine in Namibia, where Warrick was attributed to exploration, process engineering, social and environmental management and oversaw most of the company’s future project development goals throughout Africa. Warrick holds a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of the Witwatersrand where he researched and published articles on the orogenesis of transition metals and commodities and their value toward a climate-focused future.
S&P Global Sustainable1
Lim Adriaenssens
Manager, Sustainability Benchmarking
Since 2019, Lim is part of the S&P Global Horizons Sustainability Benchmarking team where he helps companies to better understand their ESG performance.
Since 2019, Lim is part of the S&P Global Horizons Sustainability Benchmarking team where he helps companies to better understand their ESG performance. Since 2022 he leads the development for Private Markets. He first started in the ESG Research team as an ESG Analyst in 2018 where he assessed companies as part of the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA).
Before working for S&P, Lim worked for Futureproofed (2014-2017), a strategy consultancy that supports companies transition to a sustainable and low-carbon business model. He also holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and has an additional Management degree in innovation and entrepreneurship from the Antwerp Management School (Belgium). He is also a driving force of the GreenBuzz network Zurich chapter, a NGO that drives sustainability leadership in organizations.
Moderator
S&P Global Sustainable1
Jacob Hung
ESG Client Engagement Specialist, S&P Global Energy Horizons
S&P Global Sustainable1
George Travell
ESG Client Engagement Specialist - S&P Global Energy Horizons
George Travell is an ESG Client Engagement Specialist based in Dubai. George works with our French, Italian and Middle Eastern clients across financial institutions and corporates, enabling them on their unique sustainability journeys with S&P Global data. His particular focus areas are sustainable finance regulation, transition risk and impact.
Prior to joining Sustainable 1, George completed the Market Intelligence Associate Development program and received a BA in Economics and Italian from The University of Leeds.
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