Embracing Innovation, Mobilizing Capital, and Shaping a Sustainable Future

Jean Rogers, PhD

If change is inevitable, the capacity to be resilient is essential. Jean Rogers helps individuals, organizations, and entire markets get ahead of the biggest change affecting the capital markets since modern portfolio theory—sustainable capitalism. As the founder of SASB and one of the 20 most Influential People in Sustainable Investing (Barron’s, 2018) Dr. Rogers brought the essential principle of materiality to bear on sustainability issues industry by industry, establishing the link between transparency and performance to unlock financial value. With a particular focus on the interconnectedness of capital markets, energy transition, and environmental resources, Rogers applies systems thinking and an entrepreneurial spirit to help corporations, investors, policymakers, philanthropists, students, and others as they look to address 21st century sustainability challenges with appropriately innovative market solutions.

“Jean helped set the global standards for sustainable investing and moved billions of dollars into energy, climate, and infrastructure projects.”

~Craig Cogut, Founder and Chairman of Pegasus Capital Advisors

Advisory Services

Through embracing innovation, mobilizing capital and shaping a sustainable future, we have partnered with investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers and corporations as they work to address sustainability in the 21st century. Driving meaningful change through board, advisory, and academic capacities focused on our primary areas of passion: sustainable investing, conservation finance, energy transition and climate solutions, carbon markets, and impact measurement.

Social Entrepreneurs

Widely recognized as the founder of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board — now a core part of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) framework — Jean Rogers has spent her career integrating sustainability into mainstream investment analysis. At Blackstone, she led ESG integration across private equity and private credit platforms, helping deploy over $12 billion into energy transition and climate solutions globally.

Sustainable Finance

Helping entrepreneurs navigate climate finance and sustainability in today’s energy markets is one of our passions. After forming the SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board), we’ve gone on to advise portfolio companies, investment committees, and impact ventures. Jean Rogers has served as Board Director, Corporate Advisor, and Global Head of ESG for Blackstone.

Reach Out

Jean is available for speaking engagements, advisory services, and other professional opportunities. Get in touch via this form, or directly via email to jean@jeanrogers.com

“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.”

- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1913)