Sustaining Sustainability: What’s Next for ESG?
In this episode, CSS’s Chief Product Officer Ronan Brennan and Regulatory Guidance & ESG Specialist Marye Cherry talk about all things ESG. The integration of environmental, social and governance considerations into the investment process has taken centerstage in the financial regulatory space. With the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) deadline around the corner in 2021, the EU is about to usher in a wide range of new ESG requirements on EU financial market participants and financial advisers.
About Our Guest Speakers
Marye Cherry is the EU Regulatory Counsel and Regulatory Guidance Specialist at CSS. With more than 10 years of legal and compliance experience, Marye specializes in transparency and regulatory reporting issues in the financial services industry, including sensitive industries and ESG. At CSS, Marye focuses on European financial regulations that affect fund managers’ operations worldwide and helps translate those requirements into automated reporting solutions.
Ronan Brennan is the Chief Product Officer at Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS). In his role, he has direct responsibility for the strategic evolution of the global suite of CSS products and regulatory content. Managing product in CSS involves ensuring the product suite is ready to support both the current and future compliance management and regulatory reporting needs of investment management and advisory firms globally. Ronan participates as a speaker in many industry events each year, in addition to publishing a company blog and development of thought leadership materials. Ronan has 26 years of experience in the technology sector, 21 of which have been spent in the investment data management and regulatory reporting space.