Climate Action + Women: A conversation for Climate Week NYC

​In Conversation for CLIMATE WEEK NYC

​Climate action needs women, and women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change, which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their livelihoods, health, and safety.

​Join Soho House Member and Sustainability Entrepreneur Jag Gill, together with NYU's Alison Taylor, Amy Jaffe and Dr. Carolyn Kissane, for a dynamic and lively conversation on why women must shape the future of sustainability, corporate responsibility and how we can collectively empower ourselves and each other to achieve this.

​Bio's:

​Amy Jaffe is leading expert on global energy policy, sustainability, and geopolitical risk.  She is chair of the steering committee of the Women in Energy Initiative at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy policy, a frequent contributor to the Aspen Institute Congressional program and the World Economic Forum, where she most recently served on the Global Future Council on Net Zero Transition.

​Alison Taylor is Clinical Associate Professor at New York University Stern School of Business. Her research focuses on corporate responsibility and business ethics. She has expertise in strategy, sustainability, political and social risk, culture and behavior, human rights, ethics and compliance, stakeholder engagement, anti corruption and professional responsibility. She is also the Executive Director of Ethical Systems, and is currently writing a book on the new landscape for business ethics, for Harvard Business Review Press.

​Bethany Brantley has over 10 years of experience as a sustainability analyst, investor, and advocate with prior roles across private equity, government research, and non-profit sectors. Before joining IPI Partners, she was a Senior Vice President at Orion Energy Partners where she oversaw Investor Development, Engagement, and Accountability. Before Orion, she was a Vice President at Energy Impact Partners, served as a Senior Product Manager at S&P Global, responsible for renewable energy and ESG business segments within the Market Intelligence Division.

​Jag Gill is CEO & Co-Founder of VERTRU, an early-stage tech startup that tracks global supply chains for human rights and climate impacts in minutes not months enabled by AI.  She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been featured in Forbes, Business of Fashion and Techcrunch.