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Todd Cort

  • Are Companies Abandoning Climate Action?‌‌

    Last week, Bloomberg reported that mentions of climate change and other environmental topics in corporate earnings calls have dropped by 75% since they peaked three years ago. We asked Yale SOM’s Todd Cort what the change of emphasis says about the state of corporate sustainability efforts.‌‌

    The dried-out lakebed of Suesca lagoon in Suesca, Colombia, in 2021.
  • Making Impact Investing Work for System Resilience—and Investor Profits‌

    To confront interconnected environmental and social crises, impact investors will need to factor resilience-building into their expected returns, especially in the most vulnerable parts of the world.

    Kisenyi Bus Terminal in Kampala, Uganda
  • When Companies Reverse Their Climate Commitments

    Companies announce climate goals with great fanfare—but all too often, they eventually scale back or fail to implement those pledges. We asked Yale SOM’s Todd Cort how significant these reversals are and what should be done to encourage companies to keep making progress.

    Climate protesters outside AIG headquarters in Manhattan in 2021.
  • How the Tools of Impact Investing Can Undermine Resilience in the Global South

    Impact investing advisor Clint Bartlett ’17 and Professor Todd Cort are working on innovative approaches in which businesses that create positive social outcomes get cheaper capital.

    A coffee farm in Uganda
  • Will the Backlash from the Right Slow ESG Investing?

    A string of Republican-led states have pulled funds from firms that use environmental, social, and governance criteria in making investments. We asked Yale SOM’s Todd Cort what the political backlash means for the future of ESG investing.

    Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst questioning finance industry executives about ESG investing at a hearing in December 2022.
  • Better Data Is Letting Companies and Investors See Trillions in Climate Risk

    A growing pool of ESG data enumerates companies’ exposure to climate risk. Yale SOM’s Todd Cort explains how the data helps investors target capital toward the companies that are responding.

    ESG data is exposing climate risk
  • Can Jeff Bezos’s $10 Billion Climate Pledge Make a Difference?

    We asked Todd Cort, co-director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and an expert on sustainable finance, if Bezos’s money was a significant step toward a solution.

    An illustration of rising seas being held back by a wall of money
  • To Thrive, Green Bonds Need Standards for Environmental Impact

    With sales of green bonds slowing, Yale SOM’s Todd Cort and co-author Cary Krosinsky write that the industry needs standardized methods for assessing the environmental impact of a project.