On November 20, CFA Society Sweden’s ESG Committee arranged the first event of a series of educational sessions to promote the ESG Certificate and provide an opportunity for investment professionals to update their sustainable investing knowledge.

As ESG considerations become increasingly pivotal to investment decisions, the demand for high-quality, actionable data has soared. However, the road to reliable ESG data is fraught with challenges, from inconsistent standards and fragmented data sources to the complexities of measuring qualitative impacts. Together with three experts, this in-depth session was an opportunity to delve into these issues, discuss emerging solutions, and share insights on the future of ESG data in investment.

Karoline Hatlestad, SKAGEN Funds (a part of Storebrand Asset Management) held a presentation on the topic “ESG data in investments decisions – Why we need figures and how we use them”.  The slides are available here.

Yinka Kalliokoski, ISS ESG talked about “ESG provider challenges – The Upcoming regulation and codes of conduct for ESG ratings and data products providers”. The slides are not available but information is available here.

Cecilia Cisana, Morningstar Sustainalytics presented “The future of ESG data in practice – How regulation is changing the work of companies & investors”. The slides are available here.

CFA Society Sweden and the ESG Committee would like to extend their gratitude to the speakers and in particular to SKAGEN and Storebrand for hosting this successful event!

This event qualified for 1.5 PL Credit. If you would like to track this achievement, you can do so in your PL Tracker on the CFA Institute’s website.

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