In June 2024, Shanu spoke on a panel at the IR Magazine ESG Integration Forum in New York, where professionals discussed the evolution of changing ESG attitudes and practices.
Aaron Yoon’s Bio. Discussed how investment firms look at topics like Net Zero and Climate from an investment perspective. Walked through a bottom-up, fundamental approach to analyzing sustainability and how it informs detailed investment views across the firm.
Attendees learned about different paths available and how to prepare for an impactful career in climate finance. Climate finance is a rapidly growing field, as more and more investors, businesses, and governments act to support projects that fund climate mitigation and adaptation. Careers in this field span roles with a variety of players including governments, national and international development banks, multilateral climate funds, state enterprises, philanthropies, and the private sector.
Amy Jaffe, Research Professor and Director of the NYU SPS Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab served as moderator.
Panelists:
Bethany Brantley, Head of ESG, IPI Partners; and Non-Resident Fellow, NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs
Stephen Hammer, Founding Chief Executive Officer, The New York Climate Exchange
Shanu G. Mathew, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on US Sustainable Equity, Lazard Asset Management
Tracy McKibben, Founder and CEO, MAC Energy Advisors LLC
Spoke on a panel about climate adaptation and biodiversity.
Hosted by ICE, Gitterman Asset Management, Accenture, and Fintech.tv
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
Live Event at the NYSE and Livestream Broadcast
Discussed how investors use and assess net-zero scenarios and targets, including potentially mandatory and voluntary disclosure vs. other information and how the Inflation Reduction Act is influencing both markets and decarbonization.
TSAM ESG New York is a conference dedicated to impact investing, sustainable investment risks and opportunities. A sustainable approach to decarbonization – addressing double materiality and impact investing panel.
Explore the growing opportunity set in public equities against the backdrop of climate change catalysts like regulation, consumer behavioral shifts and tech disruptions.
Money Makes the World Go Green Panel: Infrastructure spending, the growth of new climate startups, green bonds – none of these would be possible without financial services. How are investments across the public and private markets helping, or hurting, the climate transition?
Carbon removal graduate class that hosted a panel discussion on the future of carbon dioxide removal, with professionals from finance, policy, and government.
I was invited to speak at the 2nd annual Boom Net Summit conference on a panel that covered the latest trends and big questions around Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing.
I spoke at the TSAM – The Summit for Asset Management event for asset managers, investment managers, wealth professionals, and advisors on October 6th, 2022. The panel was on ‘Overcoming challenges around the proposed SEC rule on Climate Risk Disclosure’.
IR Magazine featured the June 2024 panel about changing ESG expectations, the evolution of ESG, and more on their website! The ‘teenage years’ of ESG: Experts discuss shifting perceptions at ESG Integration Forum – Summer
Recognized as one of 52 honorees on Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Sustainability 2024. The award recognizes work in organizations of all sizes, from multibillion-dollar multinationals to local nonprofits, in sectors involving construction and deconstruction; agriculture and composting; energy, landscaping, finance and more.
“Shoutout to Shanu Mathew for talking us through this clean energy equities wild ride.”
I was quoted in Lazard Asset Management’s Annual Sustainable Investment Report 2022:
Corporate net-zero targets are being approached inconsistently, with decarbonization pathways varying between sectors depending on the commercial availability of cleaner technologies, changing customer preferences, and the evolving regulatory environment in each. We believe active management is required to evaluate the investment risks and opportunities effectively. Shanu Mathew, Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Lazard US Sustainable Equity
Lazard Asset Management released it’s 2021 Sustainable Investment Report! I was quoted “Systematically integrating climate-related research into relevant investment processes has strengthened our ability to conduct comprehensive bottom-up, fundamental analysis on companies. We’re increasingly seeing climate-related factors impact companies in material ways given regulatory developments, changes in customer preferences, and technology breakthroughs, among other considerations.”
Served as a judge for a DOE and Evergreen Climate Innovations-hosted University climate pitch event. As the Great Lakes region representative and one of the fifteen regional convening partners, Evergreen Climate Innovations is excited to host the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions’ EnergyTech University Prize Explore Event on Thursday, February 24th from 3 – 5 PM CT.
Mentioned in ‘Tough Venturing’ a newsletter by John Tough, the Managing Partner at Energize Ventures – a venture capital firm focused on the digital transformation of energy and heavy industrial markets.
Digital Energy M&A at All-time Highs (8/16/21): “Shanu Mathew is a Chicagoan whose interests overlap with the Energize thesis. I’ve been fortunate to know Shanu for a couple years now. Most recently he was at First Eagle, integrating ESG risks into their credit evaluations. Earlier this year he made the jump to Lazard, where he is now Vice President of Sustainability & Net Zero Research. My hunch is that he will be a well-known industry leader in the coming years… Oh, and go follow Shanu!”
Thoughts I shared about divestment and the energy transition were included in Climate Tech VC, a leading newsletter on climate and innovation.
Marking up dirty assets #68 (8/21/21): “This topic is complicated, and we expect that you’ll have a lot to say in the comments, email, and Twitter. Shoutout to Susan, Cary, Shanu, and Mark for kicking off the debate.”
Spoke to the Rocky Mountain Institute Climate Finance team on how Climate and Net Zero targets impact how asset managers invest capital and engage with companies.
Selected in the inaugural cohort of On Deck Climate Tech (Mar-21 thru May-21), which brought together 150 participants to participate in 10-week program for startup and climate experts to found, join, invest in, and advise climate tech companies.
Listed as a reviewer for Tsung Xu’s The Clean Energy Transition, A Guide: a comprehensive article that looks at the past, present, and future of the global energy transition. Summary Twitter thread here.
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1,000 total proposals submitted from 24 countries
156 were rated “Excellent” and were surveyed
They talked with ~35 (12/31/20)
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“Yet, as Shanu Matthew pointed out, “$20M isn’t enough to scale existing technologies that need to be deployed or change consumer behaviour on a grand enough scale. However, it could have a material impact in encouraging more innovative early-stage opportunities and funding early-stage entrepreneurs.””
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Write of Passage Alumnus page.
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Monday Musings (1/27/20): “This is from an excellent newsletter called The Balance, written by Shanu Mathew — a Write of Passage graduate.”
Monday Musings (9/23/19): “Speaking of education, Shanu Mathew — a Write of Passage alumnus — shared a fascinating chart of economic trends since the 2008 Recession.”
Monday Musings (7/29/19): “I found this chart through my friend Shanu Mathew. He was one of my Write of Passage students. The course attracts hyper-curious and intellectually ambitious people, and Shanu is a perfect example. His newsletter is outstanding too”
Monday Musings (5/27/19) “In just a month, I’ve led the launch of hundreds of online websites, email newsletters, and blog posts. I’m particularly impressed with weekly newsletters from Shanu Matthew and Sid Jha.”
