Ceres at Trellis Impact 25

Steven Rothstein, Ceres' Chief Program Officer, Aneil Tripathy, Director, Ceres Company Network, Financial Services, and Sarah Clark-Hamel, Senior Manager, Ceres Investor Network, joined Oct. 28 GreenFin leading a tutorial “State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure and Planning” at 9:30am-12pm PT. This session gave an overview of regulatory requirements across the European Union, California, and the 30 countries adopting ISSB standards while considering market demands for disclosure of material climate risk.

Dan Saccardi, Program Director, Company network, Ceres, joined the Oct. 29 GreenFin session "The Era of Energy Supply Financing Ratios" at 9-10am PT. This session explored how banks are recalibrating financial analysis to reflect the realities of the energy transition.

Dan Seligman, Director, Clean Steel, Ceres, joined Oct. 29 VERGE session "Scaling Low-Carbon Steel" at 9-10am PT. This session explored how leading actors in steel production are moving from pilots toward full-scale commercialization, and examined what’s required to align demand, capital, and policy in order to unlock a net-zero steel supply chain.

Steven Rothstein, Ceres' Chief Program Officer, hosted an Oct. 29 roundtable lunch on “Freedom to Invest: Response to Anti ESG Efforts” at 11:45am-12:45pm PT.

Kirsten James, Senior Program Director, Water, Ceres, moderated the Oct. 29 Bloom session “Bridging Nature and Water: Corporate Action in Focus,” at 3-4pm PT. The session drew insights from the second Valuing Water Finance Initiative benchmark, exploring how companies are driving tangible progress for nature through water strategies. She was joined on the panel by Lynn Paquin, portfolio manager for CalSTRS, a Valuing Water Finance Initiative signatory.

Carolyn Ching, Director, Food and Forests, Research, Ceres, joined Bloom Oct. 29 breakout "Nature on the Balance Sheet: Unlocking Hidden Corporate Value" at 3-4pm PT. This session identified how natural capital has real financial value, and showed how to measure, manage, and report it.

Jaclyn de Medicci Bruneau, Director of Insurance, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, moderated the Oct. 29 GreenFin session “Climate Risk and an Uninsurability Crisis” at 4:30pm PT. The session explored how investors, banks and corporations are developing innovative financial mechanisms to address climate risk when traditional insurance becomes unavailable or unaffordable.

Dazzle Bhujwala, Senior Director, Investor Network, Ceres, joined Oct. 30 VERGE session "Mobilizing Capital to Transition Heavy Industries" at 9-10am PT. This session discussed how strategic investments can modernize legacy systems and unlock industrial decarbonization.