23 JULY 2018 – (Excerpted from remarks to the Board of SASB on July 11,...
Read MoreJean Rogers, PhD, PE
If change is inevitable, the capacity to adapt is essential. Jean Rogers helps individuals, organizations, and entire markets get ahead of the biggest change affecting the capital markets since modern portfolio theory—sustainable capitalism. As the founder of SASB and one of the 20 most Influential People in Sustainable Investing (Barron’s, 2018) Dr. Rogers brought the essential principle of materiality to bear on sustainability issues industry by industry, establishing the link between transparency and performance to unlock financial value. With a particular focus on the interconnectedness of capital markets and social value, Rogers applies systems thinking and an entrepreneurial spirit to help corporations, investors, policymakers, philanthropists, students, and others as they look to address 21st century sustainability challenges with appropriately innovative market solutions.
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"H is for Hawk" by Helen Macdonald
So perfectly captures a raptors fierce essence, and the bonds we can create with the most unlikely beings, if we care to try.
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“Won’t You be My Neighbor”
The film about Fred Rogers. Yes, I know we share the same last name, but there’s more to it than that. Such an incredible advocate for children and public broadcasting.
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Read More“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.”
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1913)