Expertise & Resources

Expert & Intellectual Content.

Leading the Journey toward Integrated Multi Capital Business Leadership and Stakeholder Capitalism.

In this keynote, Harmit Singh shares a CFO account of the ambition, progress to date, and practical realities of Levi Strauss & Co’s journey toward multicapital decision-making, innovation, and stakeholder engagement.

Stakeholder Governance in Action: One Journey Putting together the Pieces of Integrated Leadership.

From ambitious science-based climate targets to brand activism advocating for a price on carbon to cutting-edge supplier transparency and engagement, Mars Inc. has in many ways been on a journey toward leadership consistent with the principles of stakeholder capitalism. This keynote address will share the CFO perspective and role in building momentum for integrated multicapital leadership.

Mark Kaye Keynote - NM '19.

Mark Kaye, CFO of Moody’s delivers a talk on transforming financial decision-making, leadership in sustainable value creation, reporting and investor relations from the points of view of CFOs, corporate finance and accounting teams as well as the financial services industry. Mark will address leadership on 3 distinct levels.

rCFO Podcast: Karen Parkhill

Karen Parkhill is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Medtronic. She serves on the company's Executive Committee and is responsible for leading the Medtronic global finance organization. Karen also serves as the Executive Sponsor of the Medtronic PRIDE Employee Resource Group and Women’s Network “Commit to Connect” leadership program, which supports senior women leadership development at Medtronic.

Why Your CFO Should Care About Sustainability and How Regenerative Finance Drives Returns

Watch Part 2 of Jefferies Sustainability & ESG Trends Webinar Series: Why Your CFO Should Care About Sustainability and How Regenerative Finance Drives Returns.

rCFO Podcast: Best Practices for Internal Decision Making in an ESG Framework

Scott Broomfield is the Managing Director of Epic Fund and Executive Chairperson of Sustainable Life Media.

Jake Walko is the director of ESG investing & global investment stewardship at Thornburg Investment Management, furthering the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations across Thornburg’s full product suite. His team manages $50B in public market investment.

rCFO Podcast: Best Practices in Corporate Governance in an ESG Framework - Paul Herman the Founder and CEO of HIP Investor

R. Paul Herman is a globally recognized leader in investing to pursue positive impact and profit. HIP’s Ratings have helped drive the Newsweek Green Rankings and the Peter Drucker Index. HIP’s Strategies focus on “great places to work,” sustainable real estate, global dividends, and sustainability leaders.

The UN Global Compact announces the CFO Taskforce for the SDGs

As the stewards of trillions of dollars, CFOs have a critical role to play in ensuring that companies’ financial activities are aligned to the SDGs. The UN Global Compact thinks accelerating this transition is key to advancing the financing of sustainability issues.

rCFO Podcast: Tom Chi

Tom has pioneered and practiced a unique approach to rapid prototyping, visioning, and leadership that can jumpstart innovative new ideas as well as moves large organizations at unprecedented speeds. These approaches have benefitted over a dozen industry-leading companies. His current focus is delving into human development issues with social entrepreneurs around the globe, rebooting the fundamental frameworks of entrepreneurship itself, and teaching a limited number of workshops to select organizations.