Gender Equality in Sustainable Finance: Natasha Lamb, Arjuna Capital
Natasha Lamb, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Arjuna Capital, and Kevin Wilhelm, CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, discuss gender equality progress and what's new in the sustainable finance sector. Natasha integrates Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into Arjuna’s investment process while engaging major corporations to improve their performance through shareholder advocacy. Previously, Natasha was Vice President, Shareholder Advocacy and Corporate Engagement, and an Equity Analyst at Trillium Asset Management. Natasha has been profiled on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek, and in Forbes, Fast Company, and the Boston Globe, while her work has been featured in Rolling Stone, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, as well as on NPR and CNN. In 2016, Natasha received the Upstart Business Journal Upstart 100 Award and the Aiming High Award from Legal Momentum for pioneering a shareholder campaign on gender pay equity. Her 2014 landmark negotiation with Exxon Mobil led to the company’s first public report on global warming and carbon asset risk. Natasha is a trustee of The Food Project and Chair of the Crane Institute of Sustainability, host to the Intentionally Designed Endowments Network. She teaches sustainable investing at Presidio Graduate School and holds an M.B.A in Sustainable Business from Presidio. Natasha received her B.A. cum laude from Mount Holyoke College.