Support from Investors
The ISSB Investor Advisory Group (IIAG) is a group of leading asset owners and asset managers in various markets who are committed to improving the quality and comparability of sustainability-related financial disclosures. The IIAG serves as an advisory body to the ISSB:
- providing strategic guidance on developing IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards; and
- helping to ensure that the investor perspective is articulated clearly and is considered in the ISSB’s standard-setting process.
The IIAG also helps achieve widespread adoption of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards by encouraging organisations to use the Standards to communicate performance to investors on sustainability-related issues that affect enterprise value.
Before the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) merged with the IFRS Foundation, the IIAG served as the SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group. The SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group (IAG) existed from 2016-2022.This group was comprised of leading global asset owners, asset managers, and investment intermediaries who recognized the need for consistent, comparable, and reliable disclosure of financially-material, decision-useful environmental, social, and governance information to investors.
Read the SASB IAG letter in support of the IFRS Sustainability Exposure Drafts
Read the SASB IAG open letter in support of the ISSB
SASB IAG members recognized SASB Standards as part of a core set of sustainability disclosures and asked issuers to use SASB Standards in disclosures to investors. As of July 31, 2022, the membership of the SASB Standards IAG was as follows.
SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group Leadership
Richard Manley
SASB Standards IAG Chair
Carine Smith Ihenacho
SASB Standards IAG Vice Chair
Christopher Ailman
Founding IAG Chair Emeritus
Barbara Zvan
Chair Emeritus
Eivind Lorgen
Chair Emeritus
Hans Op 't Veld
Vice Chair Emeritus
John Skjervem
Vice Chair Emeritus
SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group Members
Matt Christensen
Allianz Global Investors
Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing
Nina Hodzic
Allianz Global Investors
Director, Head of Sustainable Investment Office
Christopher McKnett
Allspring Global Investments
Co-head, Sustainable Investing
Jessica Mann
Allspring Global Investments
Head of Stewardship
Egon Vavrek
APG (All Pensions Group)
Director Global Emerging Markets Equities, Fundamental Strategies
John Rogers
Ariel Investments
Chairman, Co-CEO & Chief Investment Officer
John Oxtoby
Ariel Investments
Senior Vice President, Director of Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) Investing
Takeo Omori
Asset Management One
Head of Responsible Investment
Christian Kjaer
ATP
Head of Liquid Markets, Senior Vice President
Ole Buhl
ATP
Head of ESG, Senior Vice President
Clémence Humeau
AXA Investment Managers
Head of RI Coordination and Governance
Catherine Flockhart
Baillie Gifford
Partner and Head of ESG
Kajetan Czyż
Baillie Gifford
Senior Income G&S Specialist
Anna Snider
Bank of America
Head of Due Diligence for the Chief Investment Officer,
Global Wealth & Investment Management
Jennifer Coulson
BCI (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation)
Senior Managing Director, ESG | Public Markets
Michelle Edkins
BlackRock
Managing Director, BlackRock Investment Stewardship
Shinbo Won
BlackRock
Managing Director, Head of Asia ex-Japan, Australia, BlackRock Investment Stewardship
Amy Augustine
Boston Trust Walden
Director of ESG Investing
Peter Coffin
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Founder & President
Rob Fernandez
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Vice President & Director of ESG Research
Faith Ward
Brunel Pension Partnership
Chief Responsible Investment Officer
Dan Bienvenue
CalPERS
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Total Portfolio
Simiso Nzima
CalPERS
Managing Investment Director, Global Equity
Christopher Ailman
SASB Standards IAG Chair Emeritus
CalSTRS
Chief Investment Officer
Kirsty Jenkinson
CalSTRS
Investment Director, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies
John Streur
Calvert Research & Management
President & CEO
Emily Chew
Calvert Research & Management
Executive Vice President, Chief Responsible Investment Officer
John Wilson
Calvert Research & Management
Vice President, Director of Corporate Engagement
Robert W. Lovelace
Capital Group
Vice Chairman
Jessica Ground
Capital Group
Global Head of ESG
Ali Weiner
Capital Group
Head of ESG Engagement
Megan Starr
The Carlyle Group
Global Head of Impact
Rosalind McKay
CBUS
Acting Global Head of Responsible Investment
Bertrand Millot
CDPQ
Head of Sustainability
Richard Manley
CPP Investments
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Global Leadership Team
Kouhei Horikawa
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
General Manager, Investment Planning Department
Carole Laible
Domini Impact Investments
CEO
Dr. Nolan Ritcey
Domini Impact Investments
Vice President – Impact Research
Eoin Murray
Federated Hermes
Head of Investment
Gemma Corrigan
Federated Hermes
Head of Policy and Advocacy
Martin Jarzebowski
Federated Hermes
Director of Responsible Investing
Pam Holding
Fidelity Investments
Co-Head, Equity Division
Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas
Fidelity Investments
Chief Sustainability Officer
David King
Fidelity Investments
Head of ESG Stewardship
Anne Simpson
Franklin Templeton
Global Head of Sustainability
Kirsten Simpson
Future Fund
Head of Investment Stewardship and ESG
Clara Barby
Generation Investment Management
Just Climate, Senior Partner
John Goldstein
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Managing Director, Head of the Sustainable Finance Group
Catherine Winner
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Vice President, Global Head of Stewardship
Michael Cappucci
Harvard Management Company
Managing Director, Compliance and Sustainable Investing
Eva Zlotnicka
Inclusive Capital Partners
Founder & Managing Partner
Jennifer Wu
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing
Roland Rott
J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Head of Sustainable Investing Research
Ken Mehlman
KKR
Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact
Jonathan Grabel
LACERA
Chief Investment Officer
Scott Zdrazil
LACERA
Senior Investment Officer
Madeleine King
Legal & General Investment Management
Head of Research and Engagement
John Hoeppner
Legal & General Investment Management America
Head of US Stewardship and Sustainable Investments America
Robert Furdak
Man Group
CIO for ESG
Jason Mitchell
Man Group
Co-Head of Responsible Investment
Steven Desmyter
Man Group
Co-Head of Responsible Investment
Peter Mennie
Manulife Investment Management
Global Head of ESG and Risk
Frederick W. Isleib III, CFA
Manulife Investment Management
Global Head of ESG Integration
Walter Viguiliouk
Manulife Investment Management
Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, Private Markets
Masahiro Kato
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Head of Responsible Investment
Masayuki Nakamura
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Manager, Responsible Investment
Miyuki Zeniya
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Group Chief Sustainability Officer
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Chief Sustainability Officer
Ted Eliopoulos
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Vice Chair Investment Management & Head of Strategic Partnerships
Rui de Figueiredo
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Co-Head and CIO of the Solutions & Multi-Asset Group
Jonathan Bailey
Neuberger Berman
Managing Director and Head of ESG Investing
Jared Mann
Neuberger Berman
Managing Director, Global Research ESG Engagement Director & Senior Analyst
Dan Hanson
Neuberger Berman
Head of U.S. Sustainable Equity
Tomoaki Fujii
Nissay Asset Management
Co-CIO
Toshikazu Hayashi
Nippon Life Global Investors Europe Plc
Chief Director
George Iguchi
Nissay Asset Management
Chief Corporate Governance Officer
Cecilia Fryklöf
Nordea Asset Management
Head of Active Ownership, Responsible Investments
Thrainn Halldorsson
Nordea Asset Management
Data Scientist, Responsible Investments
Carine Smith Ihenacho
Norges Bank Investment Management
Chief Governance and Compliance Officer
Wilhelm Mohn
Norges Bank Investment Management
Global Co-Head of Corporate Governance
Séverine Neervoort
Norges Bank Investment Management
Lead ESG Policy Advisor
Julie Moret
Northern Trust Asset Management
Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship
Christopher Shipley
Northern Trust Asset Management
Senior Vice President and Head of Fundamental Equities
Catherine Moyer
Northern Trust Asset Management
Head of North America Stewardship
Thomas Lee
NYSTRS
Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
Han Yik
NYSTRS
Senior Advisor, Stewardship
Miekela Singh
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Principal, Corporate Governance, Total Fund Management
Anna Totdahl
Oregon State Treasury, Investment Division
Investment Officer, ESG & Sustainability
Brenda Kramer
PGGM
Senior Advisor Responsible Investment
José de Bruin
PGGM
Senior Investment Risk Manager
Nydia Montoya
PGIM Quantitative Solutions
Senior Governance Officer
Patrick Pfeifer
PGIM Quantitative Solutions
Principal, Senior Quantitative Analyst, Research
Del Anderson
PIMCO
Senior Vice President, Credit Research
Katherine Collins
Putnam Investments
Portfolio Manager and Head of Sustainable Investing
Mads Gosvig
Railpen
Chief Fiduciary Officer
Michael Marshall
Railpen
Head of Sustainable Ownership
Melanie Adams
RBC Global Asset Management
Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment
Sarah E. Thompson
RBC Capital Markets
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance
Andrew Howard
Schroders
Global Head of Sustainable Investing
Karen Wong
State Street Global Advisors
Global Head of ESG and Sustainable Investing
Ben Colton
State Street Global Advisors
Co-head Asset Stewardship
Maria Elena Drew
TRPA
Director of Research, Responsible Investing
Chris Whitehouse
TRPIM
Head of ESG
Png Chin Yee
Temasek International
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Greenwald
UBS Asset Management
Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Research
Lucy Thomas
UBS Asset Management
Head of Sustainable Investing
John Galloway
Vanguard
Head of Investment Stewardship
Bill Roberts
Vanguard
Principal & Head of Investment Stewardship Policy and Research
Wendy Cromwell
Wellington Management Company
Vice Chair; Senior Managing Director; Partner; Sustainable Investment; and Portfolio Manager
A. Carolina San Martin, CFA
Wellington Management Company
Managing Director and Director, ESG Research
David Zellner
Wespath
Chief Investment Officer
Nizida Arriaga
Wespath
Manager, Fixed Income
SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group Statement
The SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group (IAG) comprises leading global institutional investors who recognize the need for comparable, consistent, and reliable disclosure of financially-material, decision-useful environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information to investors.
SASB Standards IAG members recognize SASB Standards as being globally applicable and ask issuers to include SASB-based disclosures in their ESG communication to investors because:
- SASB Standards – which are industry-specific and framed upon financial materiality – improve understanding of company performance on ESG issues most relevant to long-term value creation (or destruction). Disclosure via SASB Standards yields improved quality and comparability of ESG data, not only via quantitative performance-focused metrics, but also qualitative measures providing insights into context around performance.
- SASB Standards are important tools for improving price discovery and valuations across asset classes and global capital markets. The Standards enable integration of ESG considerations into investment and stewardship decisions across global portfolios.
- Other reporting standards and frameworks may complement SASB Standards but are not replacements for them.
SASB Standards IAG members encourage companies, investors, and other market participants to engage in SASB’s ongoing standards development and improvement process, so that the SASB Standards best reflect evolving market needs.
SASB Standards IAG Working Groups
- Asia Pacific Working Group
- Corporate Engagement Working Group
- Data Provider Engagement Working Group
- European and UK Working Group
- Exchanges Working Group
- Messaging Working Group
- U.S. Policy and Regulatory Working Group
For more information on these working groups, please contact: [email protected].
The SASB Alliance
Expectations from a wide range of corporate stakeholders for more detailed reporting on sustainability have yielded high rates of such reporting. Today, expectations of a wide range of investors for higher quality sustainability data is also growing, resulting in a need for tools through which companies can better translate their work on sustainability into a language and format more usable to investors across asset classes and strategies.
