After a record-setting year for M&A activity in 2021, fluctuations in global public equity markets, supply chain bottlenecks, and interest rate hikes are contributing to growing uncertainty in the markets. With an increasing number of net zero commitments, low carbon opportunities provide a growing focus for corporates and investors when analyzing M&A considerations and valuations.
Join S&P Global Sustainable1 for the next episode in our Beyond ESG webinar series and hear from market specialists as they examine the increased role climate risk is playing in M&A strategy, including:
How climate risk impacts company performance and which industries are a greater risk
Integrating climate risk data into M&A valuation metrics
Addressing potential regulatory and compliance oversight
S&P Global Sustainable1's 'Beyond ESG' webinar series focuses on providing corporate and investors with the tools and insights they need when building and refining their ESG playbooks. Featuring interviews and discussions with experts, decision-makers, and visionaries in the ESG community, these webinars will go beyond ratings and scores to help see the possibilities in building a sustainable future while meeting the expectations of an evolving market.
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Matthieu BardoutGlobal Head of ESG Strategy, Banking & Insurance, S&P Global Sustainable1
Matthieu is an expert in sustainable finance with an international track record advising financial institutions, corporates and public organizations. Full Bio
Matthieu is an expert in sustainable finance with an international track record advising financial institutions, corporates and government organizations. At S&P Global Sustainable 1, he leads ESG strategy for banking and insurance segments. In that role, he interfaces between S&P Global’s clients, commercial and product teams to implement pioneering ESG and climate strategies.
Prior to joining S&P Global, Matthieu launched a commercial spinoff for the 2 Degrees Investing Initiative to provide asset-level data for climate-related financial analysis. Previously he worked for Circle Economy where he led a program on circular finance, for Ecofys (now part of Guidehouse consulting) where he specialized in climate policy, and for Coffey Geotechnics as an engineering geophysicist.
Matthieu holds Master’s degrees in Sustainable Development from Utrecht University and Geophysics from Imperial College London. Minimize
Speakers
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Helene BanksPartner, Cahill
As co-chair of Cahill’s M&A and Corporate Advisory practice groups, Helene advises publicly-held and private companies in significant corporate and Full Bio
As co-chair of Cahill’s M&A and Corporate Advisory practice groups, Helene advises publicly-held and private companies in significant corporate and securities matters, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, ESG and capital markets transactions. She has represented sellers, acquirers, targets, financial institutions, shareholders and investors in M&A transactions, spin-offs, joint ventures, private and public equity and debt offerings, and tender offers. Her work ranges from managing complex international transactions for large public companies to guiding owners through investments in their privately held businesses to advising companies as they progress in their ESG journeys. Her breadth of experience gives her a unique ability to spot and solve issues and understand all aspects of complicated situations. Helene is recognized as a leading M&A and Corporate Governance lawyer byThe Legal 500and is recognized for both M&A and Capital Markets Debt & Equity byIFLR1000 2020.Helene has been shortlisted for the Women in Business Law Awards Americas, Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year in 2021 and 2022.She was also named among the Top 100 Women Leaders of New York for 2021 byWomen We Admireand the 2020 Notable Women in Law byCrain’s New York Business.
Helene frequentlyspeaks and writeson ESG, M&A, corporate governance, and board diversity issues. She has been published inPractical Law,NACD BoardTalk,NACD Directorship,Law360,The DealandNew York Law Journal, and has spoken on these topics at numerous industry events includingThe Deal’s Corporate Governance conference and Middle Market Seminar,Mergers & Acquisitions’ Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A Speakand PE Innovators in ESG Speak events, and ACG NY’s Women of Leadership Summit. Pleaseclick hereto read her latest article inThe Deal, “Financings Hinge on Effective ESG Due Diligence.”
Meredith BeardenDirector, ESG Strategy and M&A, S&P Global Sustainable1
Meredith Bearden is a Director of ESG Strategy and M&A for Sustainable1 at S&P Global Full Bio
Meredith Bearden is a Director of ESG Strategy and M&A for Sustainable1 at S&P Global representing the company’s integrated sustainability offerings and providing customers with a 360-degree view to help achieve their sustainability goals. She is responsible for helping to drive the strategy for enterprise-wide efforts to accelerate ESG, sustainability, impact, and energy transition. She works cross-divisionally with partners, potential targets, and clients to drive ESG initiatives.
Prior to her current role, Meredith was an Associate Director within the Energy and Commodities group at S&P Global Market Intelligence. She was responsible for the growth and development of the energy segment and expansion strategies for renewable energy and international energy transition, as well as working to support ESG product and thought leadership initiatives across the company. Previously, she worked in several other capacities at S&P guiding clients through data, news, and research solutions to progress their own energy transitions. Meredith has a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Minimize
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Nathan GrafSenior Managing Director, Evercore
Nathan Graf is a senior managing director at Evercore in the firm’s corporate advisory business, focusing on the data & info services and GRC Full Bio
Nathan Graf is a senior managing director at Evercore in the firm’s corporate advisory business, focusing on the data & info services and GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) sectors.
Mr. Graf’s recent transaction experience in data & info services includes: advised Green Street on its sale to TA Associates, Great Minds on its minority sale to A-Street Ventures, New Mountain Capital and Vestar Capital on their merger of Information Resources, Inc. with The NPD Group, Real Capital Analytics on its sale to MSCI, Clarivate Analytics on its acquisition of ProQuest, Vivid Seats on its SPAC merger with Horizon, Edmunds on its sale to CarMax, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its acquisition of Mitratech, PWNHealth on its sale to Everlywell, Insightful Science on its acquisition of Dotmatics, IXL Learning on its acquisition of Rosetta Stone’s Language division, CoreLogic on its sale to Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners, Clarivate Analytics on its combination with CPA Global, Stratus Video on its sale to AMN Healthcare, Clarivate Analytics on its acquisition of Decision Resources Group, J.D. Power on its sale to Thoma Bravo, Definitive Healthcare on its sale to Advent, ProQuest on its minority sale to Atairos, Astorg on its acquisition of Anaqua, Hanley Wood on its sale to MidOcean Partners, Cox Automotive on its sale of Incadea to Volaris Group, Reorg Research on its sale to Warburg Pincus, Gartner on its sale of CEB Talent Assessments to Exponent, Wolters Kluwer on its sale of Corsearch to Audax, eVestment on its sale to Nasdaq, Gartner on its acquisition of CEB, Ancestry.com on its strategic investment from Silver Lake/GIC, UBM on its sale of PR Newswire to GTCR, and Dealertrack on its sale to Cox Automotive.
Prior to joining Evercore in 2010, Mr. Graf was a Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to BAML, Mr. Graf was CEO of World Leaders Entertainment. Mr. Graf holds a B.A. in Chemistry & Physics with honors from Harvard University, and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.
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