Rolando Morillo has been doing ESG at Rockefeller Capital for most of his career, well before we were even calling it ESG!
When he started, the world was still in negative screening and SRI, but he and his mentors were working with a small community of companies and investors focused on deeper engagement around sustainability.
Fast forward 20 years…in today's increased enthusiasm (and resulting confusion) around ESG, standards, and regulations, Rolando provides an example of what integrating ESG into the foundation of his fundamental research can yield. In this conversation, Rolando naturally, almost unwittingly, bakes in a long view to all of his thinking, so helpful to many of us who are earlier on in the journey. Let’s jump in.
**This is part of the Day to Day ESG Series: conversations meant to illuminate the day-to-day elements that build up an ESG process.