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Faten Alqaseer is a Senior Managing Director at Teneo, based in New York.
Faten specializes in global issues management, long-term remediation and business transformation across a broad range of business, financial and societal matters. Faten also co-leads Teneo’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) advisory and is a senior member of the firm’s ESG practice.
Faten provides counsel for Fortune 100 companies as they navigate evolving stakeholder expectations around a range of social issues. Her work encompasses advising on boardroom diversity and public policy to goal setting and corporate disclosure. Faten has extensive experience developing and executing tailored DE&I strategies that align with business priorities and enhance company performance.
As a leader in Teneo Ventures, she directs investments in early-stage enterprise solutions that use technology to improve the way companies do business. Faten is responsible for scaling and commercializing portfolio companies in subsectors that include recruiting, employee engagement and sustainability.
Prior to joining Teneo, Faten co-founded an EdTech start-up in Bahrain to deliver career development services. She started her career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she focused on growing the Company’s MENA Central Bank and Sovereign Wealth Fund business.
Having worked across the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Faten is an expert in cultural norms across continents and is fluent in Arabic.
Faten holds a M.B.A. in Management, Business Economics and Public Policy from The Wharton School, where she was Director of Investments at Wharton Social Venture Fund 2013 2014. She has a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Cornell University.
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News State Street Global Advisors announced it will offer investors a new company board-aligned voting policy option to further expand investor choice. The Vote with Company Board Recommendation Policy provides…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced its Sustainable Investment 2030 Strategy, which will more than double its climate-focused investments to $100B by 2030 and cut in half its portfolio’s…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo published our annual study of proxy season trends, entitled: 2023 Proxy Season Review: Institutional Investor Expectations in a Divided World. In addition to covering recent proxy voting trends, the report looks at…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC’s Division of Examinations released its 2024 examination priorities, designed to inform investors on the key topics the Division plans to focus on in the upcoming year. Notably, there was…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the “Names Rule,” which modernize and enhance the rule. Current regulations require registered investment companies whose names suggest a focus on…
This is the second report in Teneo’s ’23 & ESG Series analyzing 250 sustainability reports published by S&P 500 companies between January 1-June 30, 2023 (“2023 sustainability reports”). Please click here for the first publication in our series highlighting the top 10 takeaways and key statistics of…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo launched the first publication in our ESG thought leadership series titled ’23 & ESG: The DNA of 2023 U.S. Sustainability Reports. For the 3rd year in a row, we analyzed 250 sustainability…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) – a group representing over 400 global institutional investors – and 36 members, mostly consisted of European asset managers, called on proxy advisor Institutional…
As corporations grapple with upheaval in policies and practices due to recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, federal and state legislative initiatives, and the fallout from culture wars, it’s becoming clear that social issues engagement is gaining relevance on par with more traditional business imperatives. Determining what guides company stances and…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The S&P Global Ratings system announced that it would no longer publish updated ESG credit indicators in its reports or update outstanding ESG credit indicators effective immediately. Following…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC has finalized a wide-ranging cybersecurity-related disclosure rule, which will require publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents and establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The International Sustainability Standards Board published its inaugural standards, launching a set of G-20 backed global rules that aim to curb greenwashing. The rules build upon the foundation…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The number of shareholder resolutions on ESG issues for the 2023 proxy season are on track to exceed 2022, though average support for ESG proposals has declined by 7.8% compared to…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Science Based Target Network (SBTN) has released the first science-based targets for nature, providing a framework for companies to holistically assess their environmental impacts. The new targets include guidance for…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Broadridge published a paper on asset manager’s increased adoption of pass-through voting options. The report highlights the growing appetite in the industry for tailored processes to provide institutional and retail investors…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News On May 10, the Republican led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing with state Attorneys General related to ESG investing. The hearing focused on Republican allegations that inclusion…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News A group of 23 venture capital firms across the U.S. and Europe announced the formation of the Venture Climate Alliance, an organization that will define, facilitate and realize net-zero aligned pathways…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In an annual letter to board members on State Street’s 2023 proxy voting agenda, new President and CEO Yie-Hsin Hung discussed the asset managers' fiduciary duty, its stewardship activities, and commitment…
This spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Earlier this week, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink published his annual letter to investors, which discussed the asset manager’s fiduciary responsibilities and the potential “domino” affects to the economy from raised interest…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Teneo has published a new thought leadership brief, “Communicating Your Company’s ESG Strategy in 2023: Five Tactical Considerations.” The brief discusses the challenges facing U.S. companies over…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Democratic members of the House of Representatives announced last month the formation of the Congressional Sustainable Investing Caucus. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) will…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Republican attorneys general from 21 U.S. states wrote a letter on Tuesday to the leading proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, seeking answers by month’s end…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In 2023, U.S. and global regulators are set to build on the busiest year yet in climate and sustainability rulemaking, focusing on standards and clearer market guardrails. The Securities and…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Teneo Governance team has published a new client brief, "Be Careful What You Wish For: Four Potential Consequences of Pass-through Voting For Companies." The brief defines…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Teneo’s U.S. GA and Governance teams have published a brief “Who’s Down With ESG? The US Midterm Elections and the Future of ESG Investing.” The brief provides views on the…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Vanguard Group is planning a trial in 2023 to give retail clients more say over how their shares are voted at corporate meetings. The firm becomes the latest large money…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The International Sustainability Standards Board voted unanimously at its October meeting to include Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions and use climate-related scenario analyses in their disclosures. The ISSB aims…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News This week the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System pulled all public equities managed by BlackRock, as Missouri become the latest conservative state to propose or implement rules…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Teneo’s ESG and Governance Teams published a memo on the state of U.S. sustainability reporting, providing insights and examples to help companies decide what to disclose and how. Overall, our team analyzed 200 sustainability reports from…
In 2022, global companies have encountered a fractured ESG landscape marked by widely divergent views. On the one hand, regulators are mandating more robust ESG disclosures from both companies and institutional investors. Regulators are also cracking down on so-called “greenwashing” – trying to hold companies accountable…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The $632 billion asset manager Federated Hermes has bowed to client demands and withdrawn its sponsorship of the State Financial Officers Foundation — a Republican group of state financial officers that has…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News On August 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new amendments that will require public companies to disclose more information on the relationship between executive compensation and financial performance.
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News BlackRock and nine European financial services firms, along with nearly 350 individual mutual funds, have been barred from doing some business in Texas after it determined that these companies were…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News In the second quarter of 2022, U.S. sustainable funds experienced the first quarter of outflows in over five years, shedding $1.6 billion during the quarter amid macroeconomic issues such as the…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Last night, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced an agreement…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Supreme Court announced last Friday to overturn Roe v Wade, handing over decision-making power on abortion to state legislatures. Corporate response has focused on supporting employee access to reproductive…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News A record number of environmental and social investor proposals were filed this annual-general-meeting season – both in absolute numbers and those making it to a vote. By May 16, according to data compiled…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC voted in favor of two proposals that seek greater transparency of what constitutes an ESG fund. The first proposed rule would expand the scope of the Names…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has extended the public comment period on the proposed rulemaking to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors until June 17, 2022.
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News This proxy season is likely to be one of the most significant for shareholder proposals associated with ESG issues, after the SEC said last November that companies should generally present…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission proposed a climate-related disclosure rule for U.S. publicly traded companies and certain foreign issuers. The rule – an effort to standardize company ESG disclosures…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The SEC will propose rules mandating disclosure from publicly traded companies about climate change and associated risks in a meeting on March 21. The rules will likely require companies to…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is asking many public companies to clarify their physical, legal, and regulatory climate-related risks as it readies new disclosure requirements for later this spring.
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Environmental groups have recommended to the SEC that it include disclosures on the voluntary carbon market in its forthcoming climate rule. The New York State Comptroller and a nonprofit investor…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) published a new component for the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative’s Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF), providing guidance on aligning…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Earlier this week, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink published his annual letter to CEOs where he emphasized the importance of human capital management, stakeholder capitalism, company carbon transformation and announced the…
Those of a certain age may remember the 1980s “I Want My MTV” campaign demanding that the popular music television station be included in all cable lineups. Over 30 years later, major institutional investors have launched a similar campaign demanding that a different three-letter acronym – ESG – be included…
Amid the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing revolution, companies are currently grappling with how to incorporate ESG measures, particularly those relating to DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), into their executive compensation programs. We reviewed 68 companies that disclose DEI metrics in their executive compensation design…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News Earlier this week, credit ratings provider S&P Global acquired The Climate Service (TCS) for an undisclosed amount to add capabilities to its portfolio of ESG insights and solutions for customers.
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News On Tuesday, BlackRock released its Investment Stewardship Report – 2022 Policies Update, which sets new guidelines to increase companies’ focus on climate risk, board diversity, sustainability reporting, executive compensation, and…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News A global alliance of financial institutions, investors, and businesses launched ESG Book, a data platform that creates a central source of sustainability data more widely available, comparable, and transparent for…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News At least half of BlackRock’s largest clients have signed the UN Net-Zero Alliance or have made public commitments to sustainability and emissions reduction. Clients’ increasing focus on decarbonization has prompted…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Securities and Exchange Commission this week reversed a Trump administration policy prohibiting shareholder climate proposals that ask for timelines or targets for emissions reductions. As a result, U.S. companies…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. public companies added the most diverse slate of new directors to corporate boards on record. A study by the executive and board…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News BlackRock announced that it will provide institutional investors like pensions and endowments the chance to vote on proposals themselves starting in 2022. This shift allows these asset owners to…
The significant events of 2020 have caused companies, institutional investors and regulators to re-energize their efforts towards sustainability initiatives. Institutional investors have dramatically enhanced their focus on issues relating to climate, diversity, human capital management and board governance (collectively, “ESG”). Under the Biden Administration, U.S. regulators are on the verge…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News With the United Nations General Assembly taking place this week, climate change has been heavy on the agenda. Ahead of the kickoff, President Biden held a virtual meeting where…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Company Moves: ESG Initiatives in the Corporate World In Andrew Ross Sorkin’s September 7 DealBook column, followed by an interview on CNBC’s “The Squawk Box,” Teneo Chairwoman Ursula Burns and Teneo Senior Advisor Gabrielle…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Company Moves: ESG Initiatives in the Corporate World On August 9, the IPCC released a special report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, forecasting continuing record-setting extreme temperatures in the next decade. Following the release,…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. Company Moves: ESG Initiatives in the Corporate World In a speech during the Principles for Responsible Investment “Climate and Global Financial Markets” Webinar SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said he wants mandatory…
At his March 2nd confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, President Biden’s nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, voiced support for the SEC’s role in strengthening corporate diversity. In response to questioning from Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) arguing that corporations should not face mandates to…
For nearly five decades, CEOs viewed their primary responsibility as delivering shareholder returns, and subsequently acted in service of that goal. That has changed. Over the past several years, societal expectations of corporations have evolved significantly, and with it, the role of the CEO. Historically, returns to shareholders and corporate…
Corporations have long focused on sustainability, not just to protect their reputations or respond to social activists, but for reasons of long-term profitability and operational efficiency. Decades ago, automakers realized that it was too costly not to develop alternatives to gas-guzzlers, and energy companies concluded it was too costly not…
