Agenda

8:00-8:45

Registration, Coffee and Breakfast
8:45-8:55

Welcoming Remarks: Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D., Dean, George N. Jean Ph.D. Chair, and Professor of Marketing, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business

Impacts for People & Planet

8:55-9:00

Opening Statement
9:00-9:45

The CSO Summit: Navigating ESG Challenges in Public Companies

  • Dave Stangis, Partner, CSO, Apollo Global Management
  • Al Iannuzzi, Ph.D., VP Sustainability, Estée Lauder Companies
  • Moderated by Mohit Bhargava, Partner/Principal, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young LLP
9:45-10:30

Generating Measurable Impacts for People, Planet, and Profits: Challenges, Solutions, Wins, and Losses

  • Kunle Apampa, Director, Capricorn Investments Group
  • Margot Brandenburg, Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation
  • Moderated by Peter Lupoff, Adjunct Professor, Impact Investing, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business; Principal, Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
10:30-10:45

Coffee Break & Networking

Resilient Food Systems

10:45-10:50

Opening Statement by Leigh Anne Statuto, Executive Director, Responsible Business Center, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business
10:50-11:30

Creating Resilience Across the Food System

  • Alan Horowitz, J.D., VP Sustainability, Aramark
  • Anna Hammond, Founder, CEO, Matriark Foods
  • Brian Griffith, Executive Chairman, Griffith Foods Pending
  • Moderator TBD
11:30-12:00

The Power of Soil: Regenerative Agriculture Demonstration by USDA

  • Daniel Ufnar, State Soil Scientist, USDA
12:00-12:45

Lunch & Networking

USDA Soil Demonstration in Platt Court

Responsible Markets & Disclosures

1:00-1:05

Opening Statement by Barbara Porco, Ph.D., Managing Director, Responsible Business Center; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business
1:05-1:45

Navigating ESG Measurement: Insights and Fireside Chat with Persefoni

  • Mike Wallace, Chief Decarbonization Officer, Persefoni
  • Barbara Porco, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Fordham University
1:45-2:30

Investing in Brown Companies vs Green for Heightened Impact - A Presentation of Findings by Yale SOM’s Kelly Shue and Fireside Chati

  • Kelly Shue, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
  • Moderated by Walter Prahl, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Finance, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business
2:30-2:45

Coffee Break & Networking
2:45-3:30

How Allocators Aim to Invest in Transition - Asset Owner Forum

  • Charles Boakye, Equity Analyst-Sustainability, Jefferies
  • Additional Panelists To Be Confirmed

Aligning Profit with Purpose: Exploring Social Entrepreneurship and Impact

3:30-3:35

Opening Statement by Al Bartosic, Executive Director, The Fordham Foundry
3:35-4:15

Turning Purpose into Profit: How Aligning Business Goals with Societal Impact Drives Success

  • Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D. Dean, George N. Jean Ph.D. Chair, and Professor of Marketing, Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business
  • Additional Panelists to be Confirmed
4:15-5:00

Social Entrepreneurship: Maximizing Intentional Impact and Returns, Hosted by The Fordham Foundry

  • Moderated by Lauren Sweeney, DeliverZero CEO & Foundry EiR
  • Additional Panelists to be Confirmed
5:00

Closing Statements
5:10

Networking and Reception