Terry and a small tea of partners founded Openform after recognizing themselves as frustrated consumers. Hear them speak on how they got to where they are and where they are headed. Terry and a small tea of partners founded Openlane after recognizing themselves as frustrated consumers. Hear them speak on how they got to where they are and where they are headed. Terry and a small tea of partners founded Openlane after recognizing themselves as frustrated consumers. Hear them speak on how they got to where they are and where they are headed.
Toward a global system of ESG taxonomies: facilitating coherence and convergence through CDP's disclosure platform
Coinciding with Climate Week NYC and the UN 77th General Assembly, CDP is pleased to convene taxonomy experts and stakeholders for a hybrid roundtable event where insights and conclusions over the past year will be disseminated to a diverse set of representatives across regions, including regulators, standards-setters, investors, and companies. CDP will share findings from our analysis and mapping of global ESG taxonomies and assessment for integration within CDP’s system. We will present implications and recommendations for policymakers as well as a module aimed at building awareness and capacity for financial institutions. Presentations will be followed by discussion.
Pietro Bertazzi engaged and shaped responsible business policy and regulation for more than a decade, focusing on human rights, climate and sustainable development. He currently leads Policy Engagement and External Affairs at CDP, boosting policy ambition and accelerating action on climate and environment. Prior to CDP, Pietro worked at GRI, fostering corporate sustainability and transparency in national policies worldwide, as well as major regional and global inter-governmental processes such as the Rio+20 Conference and the adoption of the EU directive on Disclosure of Non-Financial Information. He is a proud architect of the Business Engagement in the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, he co-authored the SDG Compass and shaped and lead the UN Global Compact and GRI’s Business Reporting on SDGs Action Platform.
Simon Fischweicher is the Head of Corporations and Supply Chains for CDP North America. He leads CDP North America’s work to support companies on their journey towards environmental leadership by measuring and understanding their environmental impact in their operations and value chain. This includes overseeing corporate disclosure, accelerating and expanding impact through CDP’s Reporter Services and Supply Chain memberships, and driving action through corporate commitments to science-based targets and 100% renewable energy. Prior to his current role, Simon had managed CDP North America’s Corporate Engagement team since 2016 where he increased disclosure to CDP’s Climate Change, Forests and Water Security questionnaires, including over 75% of the S&P 500. Simon joined CDP in 2015 where he worked on CDP’s Global Initiatives team driving corporate climate commitments ahead of the Paris Agreement. Simon holds a MBA in Sustainability from Bard College.
Rebeca trained as a forest engineer, graduating from the School of Agriculture "Luiz de Queiroz" - ESALQ/USP. She has experience in projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), payment policies for environmental services and economic instruments for conservation, always from a climatic perspective.
She has been working since 2016 at CDP in leading work with companies and supply chains for Latin America, leading the team in corporate engagement on the issues of climate change, water security and forests. She took over the executive board of the organization in March 2021, guiding the work of the CDP for the region in the articulation with companies, investors, cities, states and governments.
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PhD in International Relations from the Institute of International Relations of the University of São Paulo (IRI-USP), with a visiting period at the German Development Institute/DIE. Master in international Relations with emphasis on Sustainable Development and Environment from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Miriam has over ten years of experience in project management, stakeholder engagement, facilitation and applied research. Her areas of expertise include global environmental governance with a focus on climate change, non-state actors and transnational initiatives.
Jennifer Potter is part of CDP’s Disclosure Content team and is responsible for the evolution of the scoring of CDP’s corporate climate questionnaire in both the short and long term. Her role involves translating the most important priorities for the prevention of climate change into a method for practical assessment of corporate action across all sectors and geographies.
Jennifer’s background is in sustainability in the built environment. Before joining CDP in early 2022, she worked on BRE Group’s BREEAM sustainability certification schemes for buildings as a Digital Product Owner, leading on data analysis and on creation of location-based insights into housing stock energy performance for local authorities in the UK.
Prior to this, Jennifer conducted research at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Â She co-authored Rise of Renewables in Cities, a report exploring innovative sustainable urban energy technologies.
Jennifer holds a 1st class master’s degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford.
