Doug Cogan has devoted his career to serving investors and corporations who wish to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their strategic planning, investment and technology decisions. He has advised state and municipal pension plans, corporations, foundations and ...
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Doug Cogan has devoted his career to serving investors and corporations who wish to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their strategic planning, investment and technology decisions. He has advised state and municipal pension plans, corporations, foundations and endowments, investment consultants and high net worth investors on adoption of ESG, low-carbon and impact investment strategies.
Doug is currently employed as an Energy Circuit Rider for Clean Energy New Hampshire. He serves 15 towns and school districts in Sullivan County to help them obtain grant funding for clean energy and weatherization projects that save money and fight climate change.
Starting in 2018, Doug led a consulting practice at Cogan Climate Strategies, LLC, which specializes in "investing beyond carbon" -- ways that investors, companies and communities can allocate their assets to speed the transition to a low-carbon economy. The Ceres coalition published his latest report in October 2020 that provides a framework for climate scenario planning in the auto sector that is consistent with recommendations of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).
Doug began his career with the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) in 1982 and has held lead research and client-facing positions at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), MSCI Inc. and Aperio Group LLC. He is the author of several books and dozens of major reports. His 1992 book, "The Greenhouse Gambit," was one of the first to examine how climate change would influence future business and investment decisions. In 2003 – 2010, he wrote a series of in-depth reports for Ceres and the Investment Network on Climate Risk on Corporate Governance and Climate Change.
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