Under Pressure: Navigating Sustainability Risk and ROI for Business Leaders
Risk is inherent in business. Companies face increasing pressure to grow while addressing a changing climate’s economic, political and social realities. For business leaders across the organization, understanding and preparing for climate and sustainability-related risk is essential for long-term success. Leadership teams can address risks from climate change, resource scarcity, and regulatory shifts by embedding sustainability into their core strategies while continuing to grow the bottom line.
Join Canadian Club Toronto on February 11th at GLOBExCHANGE 2025 when Jane Ambachtsheer, Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management, discusses the interconnected themes of risk management and sustainability. Hear perspectives from the investment community on corporate sustainability performance, explore how organizations can mitigate climate related risk and leverage sustainability actions as growth opportunities to help businesses thrive. Jane will be joined in conversation with Dan Zilnik, Partner, EY.
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Jane is Global Head of Sustainability at BNPP AM, where she leads the firm’s ambitious approach to sustainable investment. This is empowered by the firm’s Sustainability Centre, which undertakes innovative research and policy development, guides BNPP AM’s investment stewardship and industry engagement activities, and supports investment teams in accessing, integrating and reporting on ESG factors.
On the business side, Jane is responsible for BNPP AM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach, ensuring the firm’s day-to-day activities reflect the high standards it expects from companies. Jane is a member of BNPP AM’s Global Investment and Executive Committees, sits on the Board of BNPP AM Europe, and the board of sustainable forestry firm IWC (where BNPP AM is majority owner). An active industry participant, Jane was a founding member of the TCFD (the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures).
Before joining BNPP AM in 2018, Jane spent 18 years with global investment consultancy Mercer, where she was Partner and founder of the firm’s Responsible Investment business. Jane regularly researches, writes and speaks on topics addressing the intersection of sustainability and climate with finance and investment. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Smith School, holds a Master of Social Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Bachelor of Economics and English literature with honours from York University.
Dan is a sustainability expert specializing in decarbonization of energy and petrochemicals projects, the economics of the plastics circular economy and incorporating sustainability considerations into transactions. Dan spent over a decade in the global energy business, leading the Canadian sustainability efforts for a publicly traded multinational oil company. Dan is a lapsed entrepreneur; he was the founder and president of AFARA, a strategy firm specializing in the math, science and economics of sustainability. AFARA was acquired by EY in 2022 and today Dan proudly serves his client as a partner at EY working on sustainability strategy. Dan is an environmental economist by training and certified negotiator. He lives in Toronto with his wife, two daughter and a badly behaved dog.
