Grant Harrison
As Vice President, Sustainable Finance & ESG, Grant leads on program development for GreenFin – the premier sustainable finance and investing event aligning the sustainability, investment and finance communities. Grant works to direct the vigor of capital markets toward the realization of a clean and just economy, and to make GreenFin the launchpad of the ideas, insights and connections that will shift capital allocation to support sustainability. Grant previously served as Senior Account Executive with Trellis, working with clients across financial services, transportation, tech and consulting. Prior to joining Trellis, Grant worked under the auspices of the USDA implementing reforestation projects in fire-affected regions of Northern California. Grant holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Environmental Governance from Oxford University. He is animated by a healthy diet of existential anxiety and an enduring faith in humans’ ability to solve problems together. Grant loves, more than most things, to surf.
Voluntary action isn’t enough — sustainable finance needs better climate policy
As ESG priorities shift, it’s time for investors and asset managers to rethink their industry association relationships. Read More
Divest or engage? Some investors are shifting their stance on fossil fuels companies
Hearts, minds and markets are convincing some investors to divest oil and gas holdings. Read More
The first ISSB reporting standards are here — what that means for investors
ISSB Chair Emmanuel Faber on investors’ need for comparable disclosures, collaborating to harmonize standards and what’s ahead for Scope 3 data. Read More
Accountable and transparent aren’t synonymous
A misguided narrative in sustainable finance that conflates accountability and transparency. One requires the other, but the link (or lack thereof) between them presents a key barrier to a sustainable, and sustainably financed, economy. Read More
The link between business value creation and ESG
A new report from Bain & Co. and EcoVadis connects sound ESG management across supply chains with better margins. Read More
Investors increase scrutiny of climate policy engagement
What does your company’s lobbying and policy engagement strategy really say about its net-zero plans? Read More
ESG in retirement: On vetoes and getting votes
President Joe Biden vetoed a Republican-led joint resolution to nullify a Department of Labor rule that will allow retirement plan fiduciaries to incorporate ESG information in investment decision-making. Read More
The GreenFin Interview: A conversation with the UN head of climate risk and TCFD
As the financial system shifts from a primarily voluntary to a more regulated disclosure paradigm, TCFD has proven to be one of the most important means by which data is gathered and communicated. Read More
Preparing for climate disclosure in the largest capital market
For corporate sustainability professionals, questions as to what to expect, when and how to prepare for the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule are numerous, and understandably top of mind. Read More
Natural capital earns investor interest
The practical upshot: There is no path to decarbonization without major investments in natural capital. Read More
