As Chief Sustainability Officer, Lorenzo is responsible for Clarity AI’s strategic engagements across the globe to enhance investor value and drive sustainable outcomes.
Lorenzo joined Clarity AI after over 20 years of being at the forefront of sustainable investments. He held multiple roles at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), driving it from about 300 institutional investors to the over 5,000 it has today. As Head of the PRI Reporting and Assessment he launched the first ever in house global responsible investment reporting framework and led the PRI’s Signatory Relations team which supports existing and new signatories globally.
Prior to PRI, Lorenzo held project manager and financial analyst roles at UniCredit and MicroRate, overseeing microfinance initiatives and advising on responsible investments. He also served as an independent consultant for the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. He holds a joint MBA/Masters in International Public Policy from SDA Bocconi, Milan and SAIS – Johns Hopkins, Washington, D.C and a BA in Business and Economics from the Università Cattolica, Milan.
Hall C (Level 2)
Elevating ESG
The evolution of ESG data has been driven by increased demand from a broader range of users, for a variety of purposes and objectives, potentially prioritising different outcomes. Users of ESG data have to contend with identifying relevant, reliable, comparable information from the huge volume of data ‘noise’, from which they can draw insights, to make decisions and be accountable for their actions.
Enterprises are wrestling with onerous disclosure requirements, and provide more granular detail to comply with regulation and meet their diverse stakeholders’ needs. They face greater sanctions for greenwashing or greenhushing. At the same time their stakeholders’ are also assessing their ESG performance using data from sources external to the enterprise.
This discussion will explore the challenges and opportunities of evolving sources of ESG data, and how they are being applied and the potential future developments needed to ensure greater value creation.