“Evan is an impressive business manager and leader with the ability drive meaningful, positive change in an organization. He’s a brilliant communicator who not only writes flawlessly, but thinks fast on his feet. Although I worked with Evan primarily on web and content initiatives – areas in which he has significant expertise – he’s always had a clear passion for the environment and sustainable business practices. He’s become a champion of corporate sustainability as a pragmatic approach to saving money and mitigating risk, and I have no doubt Evan will continue to emerge as a thought leader in this area.”
About
I manage sustainability strategy, measurement, and delivery at Deloitte, helping client…
Contributions
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How can you build a strong ESG network?
There are a number of ways to build your ESG professional network, and most of them are low- or no-cost efforts. 1. Leverage LinkedIn. Stay active, post comments, read comments, find & follow a diverse array of sustainability specialists; not only will you stay abreast of current thought in the industry, you are bound to grow your network in meaningful ways. 2. Attend events. There are a number of free ESG-related events and conferences on the calendar; attend in person if possible and virtually if not. Use the conference app to make connections with speakers and attendees. 3. Join professional associations. Admittedly, there aren’t very many active ones in the space — and few are “low-cost” — but try anyway. 4. Find a mentor.
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How can ESG initiatives measure their social impact?
Social impact is notoriously tricky to measure. Although we recognize the utility of leveraging data to drive progress, it’s difficult to select a single number that measures commitment to human rights, or access to capital, or mental health awareness. We often rely on inputs to tell the story: the company invested $XX in communities, provided XX hours of training, reached XX students through its equal opportunity internship program, and so on. A more useful measurement focuses on *impact* — How did that investment create change? What result did the training yield? How did those student workers create more positive social outcomes? Use established, reputable frameworks when creating social KPIs — and keep the emphasis on impact.
Activity
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Last night I had a great Girls' Night Out (GNO) dinner in Washington, D.C. with nine fabulous women doing great work in sustainability. They are all…
Last night I had a great Girls' Night Out (GNO) dinner in Washington, D.C. with nine fabulous women doing great work in sustainability. They are all…
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I’m excited to share that we’re hiring for a new role in our team: Director, ESG Regulatory Reporting. This individual will join our global #ESG…
I’m excited to share that we’re hiring for a new role in our team: Director, ESG Regulatory Reporting. This individual will join our global #ESG…
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Methane Emissions: A Major Threat to Agricultural Sustainability We've grown accustomed to hearing about stranded assets in hard to decarbonize…
Methane Emissions: A Major Threat to Agricultural Sustainability We've grown accustomed to hearing about stranded assets in hard to decarbonize…
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
United Nations Global Compact
- 6 years 5 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
Launched in 2007, the Global Compact Network USA (GCNUSA) is the local network chapter of the United Nations Global Compact. Network USA is a non-profit organization that supports U.S.-based entities in: operating in alignment with the Ten Principles of the Global Compact; engaging with and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals; leveraging their association with the Global Compact and United Nations and its global resource network; and facilitating and creating opportunities for…
Launched in 2007, the Global Compact Network USA (GCNUSA) is the local network chapter of the United Nations Global Compact. Network USA is a non-profit organization that supports U.S.-based entities in: operating in alignment with the Ten Principles of the Global Compact; engaging with and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals; leveraging their association with the Global Compact and United Nations and its global resource network; and facilitating and creating opportunities for multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration.
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Steering Committee Member
U.S. 30% Club
- 2 years 11 months
Economic Empowerment
The U.S. 30% Club launched in June 2014 with a goal of achieving 30% female directors on S&P 100 boards by 2020. Today, 23.6% of S&P 100 directors are women, up from 20.2% at launch. Additionally, all S&P 100 boards have at least one female director. Even more encouraging, the US membership has achieved an average of 28% women on their boards, up from 21.9% when it launched – a testament to what business leaders are able to achieve when they commit to driving change.
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Board Member
Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB)
- 5 years 7 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
Established as an independent operating entity under the auspices of GRI, the GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) is formed of members with a broad range of expertise and experience, and who have the sole responsibility of setting globally accepted standards for sustainability reporting. The GSSB works in the public interest and according to the vision and mission of GRI.
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Executive Forum
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
- 7 years 10 months
Education
The Executive Forum of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship is a community of executives engaged in leading the corporate citizenship of their firms. The purpose of the Forum is to serve as a real and virtual space for discussion and examination of issues, ideas, and practices related to the environmental, social, and governance dimensions of business.
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Strategic Investor Inititiave - Advisory Board Member
CECP
- 4 years 9 months
Economic Empowerment
CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative (SII) is a logical extension of this vision — creating a forum where CEOs can present long-term plans to long-term investors, and demonstrate the greater sustained earnings power proven to come from longer-term thinking. The Strategic Investor Initiative is developing a new platform for leading companies to develop, convey and deliver their long-term plans to long-term investors. SII seeks the movement of trillions of dollars of capital to companies…
CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative (SII) is a logical extension of this vision — creating a forum where CEOs can present long-term plans to long-term investors, and demonstrate the greater sustained earnings power proven to come from longer-term thinking. The Strategic Investor Initiative is developing a new platform for leading companies to develop, convey and deliver their long-term plans to long-term investors. SII seeks the movement of trillions of dollars of capital to companies demonstrating performance excellence over the long-term and to build trust in capitalism as an engine of global prosperity.
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Board Member
Fairlington Citizens Association (FCA)
- 2 years 5 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
The Fairlington Citizens Association (FCA) is a community support organization for residents of the Fairlington (Arlington, VA) community. The FCA’s mission is to promote activities that make Fairlington a better community in which to live by serving as a forum for discussion of residents’ concerns and by representing Fairlington’s views to local government.
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Advisory Board Member
SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- 3 years
Economic Empowerment
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Board Member
Brave New Films
- Present 10 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
Brave New Films is a non-partisan, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that carries out the Brave New Films mission by
Publications
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Corporate Sustainability as a Market Disruptor
Nasdaq Market Insite
Disruption of public perception and internal operations of a company can take place when companies are transparent about environmental, social, and governance performance.
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Something New Under the Sun
Capital Finance International
A report from the WFE annual meeting in Qatar.
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Nasdaq Corporate Responsibility 2015
Nasdaq MaketInsite
Evan Harvey, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Nasdaq sat down with the editors of MarketInsite to discuss Nasdaq's 2015 activities in Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility.
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Meet Evan Harvey & Miguel Santisteve, Nasdaq
SRI Connect
If all of the exchanges around the world have the same baseline standards for disclosure then there will no competitive disadvantage from disclosure. There will be no impetus for an issuer to leave or for an IPO to walk down the street where the burdens are lighter. So, what we’ve been doing is advocacy at the industry level, outreach, engagement and education with issuers.
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Stock Exchanges, European Capital Markets, and Sustainability
Capital Finance International
Sustainability is already part of the global market ecosystem. Exchanges and regulators have embraced it, researchers and academics have validated it, and the law in many places already requires it.
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Stock Exchanges, European Capital Markets, and Sustainability
Capital Finance International
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Nasdaq Cares About Performance - Financial and Social
Forbes
Nasdaq built its reputation, in part, on the value of transparency—and providing investors and other stakeholders with a better understanding of some key performance metrics makes markets better, more efficient, and more sustainable. As a listing venue, we do everything possible to support our listed companies, provide them with access to long-term capital and help them grow their business.
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Interview with Evan Harvey - Managing Director, Corporate Sustainability at NASDAQ OMX
Sustainable Accountin Review
I think that you’re going to have continued investor pressure for the data, and not just to flood the market with more data, but for better, more quality data, more harmonized data. So over the next five years you’re going to see some kind of unification or harmonization efforts with these different reporting channels.
Projects
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Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
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The Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative is a peer-to-peer learning platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, regulators, and companies, can enhance corporate transparency – and ultimately performance – on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) issues and encourage sustainable investment. The SSE is organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)…
The Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative is a peer-to-peer learning platform for exploring how exchanges, in collaboration with investors, regulators, and companies, can enhance corporate transparency – and ultimately performance – on ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) issues and encourage sustainable investment. The SSE is organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
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Chairman, Impact2030 Metrics Council
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Consistent, credible, and comparable metrics are necessary for business and society to measure real progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). IMPACT2030’s strategic priorities support this crucial need to measure our collective impacts and (where needed) refine our focus. We also recognize that there has been an evolution in how companies are valued by investors as it relates to ESG – specifically, Human Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility. The value of good data around…
Consistent, credible, and comparable metrics are necessary for business and society to measure real progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). IMPACT2030’s strategic priorities support this crucial need to measure our collective impacts and (where needed) refine our focus. We also recognize that there has been an evolution in how companies are valued by investors as it relates to ESG – specifically, Human Capital and Corporate Social Responsibility. The value of good data around human capital investments is taking on greater significance in the private sector. With this background, our Metrics Council will identify the most relevant data points to be considered when determining if a company is applying its human capital investments for the greatest impact on the SDGS. We will present our findings at the UN General Assembly in September 2019.
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Sustainability Working Group (Chairman)
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) formed a new sustainability working group at its Working Committee meeting in 2014. The Sustainability Working Group is comprised of representatives from a diverse array of global stock exchanges with a mandate to build consensus on the purpose, practicality, and materiality of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data.
Honors & Awards
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Inclusion in 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
RobecoSAM
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Inclusion in 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
RobecoSAM
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Inclusion in 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
RobecoSAM
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Inclusion in 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
RobecoSAM
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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Net Impact
Member
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United Nations Global Compact
Board Member, Treasurer (USN)
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Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Advisory Board Member
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